Topband: THE ITINERANT 160 METER ANTENNA PROJECT

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From: "Tom W8JI" <w8ji at w8ji.com>
To: <topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: THE ITINERANT 160 METER ANTENNA PROJECT


>> (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


Did he actually claim that or that the effect of the ground loss was 
reduced? I dont have a reference handy.

Carl
KM1H



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