Topband: Helically Wound Vertical

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Trent,

the vertical will outperform the loop at 8'. I can send you plans for a
vertical that works on 160, 80 and 40 meters. Simply feed with coax and it
covers 20 kHz on 160 meters, 50 kHz on 80 meters, and 200 kHz on 40 meters.

    Dave WX7G

On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Trent Fleming <trent.fleming at gmail.com>wrote:

> In a recent ham magazine, there is an article about an HWV for 160m  I am
> very interested in having an antenna for 160m, and in having a vertical for
> the low bands in general.  If I were to build this HWV, are there any
> techniques I should consider to get it to perform well on 80 and even
> perhaps 40m?  Or am I being greedy and just need to focus on the HWV
> optimized for 160.
> The other low band antenna I am considering is a full sized loop for 80m,
> running it around the inside of my 8 foot fence - is that a better option
> for 160 as well?  Say a half-wave?
> The wisdom of the group is welcomed.  My (new, to me) Kenwood TS-690
> arrives
> this week and I want to start thinking about low bands for the fall and
> winter.
>
> 73,
>
> Trent
> N4DTF
>
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