Topband: Using 80m 1/4 vertical on 160

Gary K9GS garyk9gs at wi.rr.com
Mon Jun 2 23:30:50 EDT 2014


Hello Mike,

There are a couple of guys in IL that have 80M zero-five verticals with 
a vacuum relay at the top.  The relay switches in a top loading wire to 
make an inverted L/T antenna for 160M.  They run the control wires down 
the inside of the tubing.


On 6/2/2014 10:09 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
> Thanks all for the comments.
>
> I am putting up a single DXE 80m 1/4 vertical.  I can put out the 
> proper radials.  I will have to add some longer ones for 160.
>
> Now to figure out switching in and out 160 and the matching.
>
> Mike W0MU
>
> On 6/1/2014 10:49 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
>> Is this worth trying?
>>
>
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73,

Gary K9GS

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