Topband: 160M Rhombics

[Rik van Riel]

On 07/26/2013 04:23 PM, ZR wrote:

> For the guy who has the land and wants to own 20-10M in one or two
> directions for his daily chats, a rhombic will cost a lot less than a
> rotating tower with stacked yagis for each band.
> Also consider what seems like a very narrow beamwidth at the antenna can
> cover a lot of the planet by the time it reaches its antipode. With 2
> rhombics and some relays to switch termination points a mighty potent
> signal can cover a lot in 4 directions.

You can do the same thing even cheaper, and probably with slightly
higher gain, with two lazy H antennas for 20-10m :)

I have one lazy H pointed east & west, and am itching to build one
that points north & south, once the leaves fall off the trees...

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