Topband: THE ITINERANT 160 METER ANTENNA PROJECT

[Herb Schoenbohm]

Agreed Tom.  I just followed the conventional wisdom of the time and it 
did seem easier to match than a single wire.  At least it made me feel 
that it did.


Herb, KV4FZ



On 8/2/2012 6:21 PM, Tom W8JI wrote:
>> (1) 130 feet of 300 ohms twin lead with the far one end shorted and
>> pulled up over a coconut by a local climber $5 US max and connected to a
>> small nylon line for adjustment in an inverted or sloping fashion back
>> to my hotel room on the beach. (without the local climber  bring along a
>> slingshot fishing line launcher.) If the hotel wasn't right on the beach
>> or had any 70 foot palms I just drove to another one that did. Masting
>> anything up beyond 50 feet by yourself just forget it.  Palm trees are
>> great substitutes.  I think this antenna was describe for 160 in Bill
>> Orr's (W6SAI) firsts handbooks.
>
> Just be aware Orr had a consistent mistake in his articles on folded
> antennas. He claimed folding reduced ground losses by significant amounts.
>
> I'm not sure where that idea started, but using a folded element does not
> change ground loss one bit.
>
> 73 Tom
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