Topband: [Bulk] Best wire antenna for roof top location

Greg - ZL3IX zl3ix at inet.net.nz
Fri Aug 7 21:24:26 EDT 2015


Careful Mike! Jakarta is close to the equator, and power coupling is 
likely to be better from a horizontally polarised antenna, especially in 
an E-W direction.  Ref The Big Gun's Guide to Low-Band Propagation by 
Bob Brown, NM7M (SK)

On 2015-08-08 12:40 p.m., Mike Waters wrote:
> For 160 DX, a vertically-polarized antenna (fed against a proper ground) is
> best.
> http://www.w0btu.com/160_meters.html
>
> 73, Mike
> www.w0btu.com
>
>
>> On 8/7/2015 16:52 PM, Nuradi wrote:
>>
>>> I plan to install wire antenna on a roof top of a 33rd story building
>>> (about 110 metres above the ground) for operating on the 160M, 80M and  40M
>>> band. ... Preferable wire antenna is lazy 'laying'H or quad, dipole, slope..
>>>
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