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

Gary and Kathleen Pearse pearse at gci.net
Tue Jan 21 22:22:09 EST 2014


Oh, I left out the RU was in Antarctica.

73, Gary NL7Y

> 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. 
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> 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.
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> 73, Gary NL7Y
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>> 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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