Topband: Anyone purchased the ARRL book on Short Antennas for160???

Gary and Kathleen Pearse pearse at gci.net
Tue Jan 21 22:20:06 EST 2014


I've built them for 40 and 80 via his modeling years ago. Fed both up high, and both down low. High feed 'seemed better', but no real way to tell. Worked a RU station on 80 from KL7 so they do emit a signal. It was a good aerial, easy to build, with some vertical component to the pattern. 

On 160 it may take some bending. Fed low it's a vert with an elevated radial. Two would be better, but then so would four and so on.

73, Gary NL7Y

> Wouldn't feeding it up high in the corner like that at least eliminate the
> need for radials?
> 
> 73, Mike
> www.w0btu.com



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