Topband: Using 80m 1/4 vertical on 160
W9UCW--- via Topband
topband at contesting.com
Tue Jun 3 20:07:18 EDT 2014
Mike,
No need for traps and horizontal wires and such. Put a 160 resonator on
top of that vertical. Use a low Q long skinny coil with a nice big capacity
hat of 25 pico farads or so. It won't affect 80 meters and will only be down
2 db or less than a full 160 quarterwave, with a good ground system like
you have. I can give you the specifics for the resonator if you wish.
Refer to the QEX articles on "Short Loaded Antennas" in the Jan/Feb and
Mar/ Apr issues for the figures.
73, Barry, W9UCW
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