Topband: 160M Rhombics

[Jeff Blaine]

Tom,

Why?  The same reason guys put up quads.  They LOOK very cool!  Imagine 
standing on one end of the rhombic and saying "well, you can't see the end 
of the antenna without the binoculars - but it's out that-way somewhere."

73/jeff/ac0c
www.ac0c.com
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Tom W8JI
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 12:27 PM
To: Shoppa, Tim
Cc: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: 160M Rhombics

> Anybody on this list have a Rhombic for 160M?
>
> W1AW used to use one for bulletins and code practice on 160M but I think 
> it came down years ago (1989?)
>
> I seem to recall pics in CQ of a big California desert DX'er who had what 
> was essentially a radial array of rhombics for maybe 160M or 80M.
>


I can't imagine why anyone would have one today.  Here is an analaysis of
Rhomics.

http://www.w8ji.com/rhombic_antennas.htm

73 Tom

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