Topband: FO8RZ on top band

[f5phw at free.fr]

Hi everybody

A special thanks to Oleg RN3CT who sent me schematic for 80/160 inverted L.

7 meters high and 19 long.
The antenna is installed and seems to work really better than my HF6V.
QSO tonight with K0RF, ZL and JQ2VVH.
It was difficult but we did it.

It is the only one station I heard tonght. 

So now I will try now to come more on top band and especially at my sunrise ( 0430Z )

73 to all and merry xmas.

Phil

Pictures of the antenna will be soon on the website.

http://f5phw.chez.com/
----- f5phw at free.fr a écrit : 
> Hello to all. 
> 
> First sorry for my bad English language, you may find english mistakes in my post. 
> 
> I am FO8RZ Phil in Tahiti until 2011. 
> 
> I am running 100 watts only in CW and sometimes RTTY. 
> 
> I use yagi up 6 meters for 10-15-20, a inverse vee for 40-80, and HF6V (with warc kit) for 30-17-12. 
> 
> I took also from France the 160 meters kit. 
> I used it in F, but it was very hard for me to contact stations out of Europe. 
> 
> Many stations asked me to operate on top band. So, I will install this week-end the 160 meters kit on the HF6V. 
> 
> I would like to know the length of the radials I have to use. 
> 
> My garden is not big, the antenna is close the neighbour, so impossible to put 150 radials on 360°. 
> I fou want to see how is installed the antenna, go to 
> 
> http://f5phw.chez.com/plugins/diaporama/diaporama.php?lng=en&diapo_id=6 
> 
> On the butternut notice, they tell : L = 240/f 
> L in feet 
> f in Mhz 
> 
> For 1.820 Khz, it is 131.87 ft 
> 
> I think, I will be able to put only 2 radials. 
> The first beamed to the 045 (USA) on 21 meters and after with a 90 corner to the right. 
> The second one beamed to the 180 and with 1 corner and beamed after to the 045. 
> My garden is not a big one. 
> 
> Is it better to use 1 radial beamed to 045 or 2 ? 
> 
> All the best 73 
> 
> FO8RZ Phil 
> 
> http://f5phw.chez.com/ 
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