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

Mike Waters mikewate at gmail.com
Fri Aug 7 21:29:15 EDT 2015


Really?! I think I just learned something important. Thanks, Greg!

73, Mike
www.w0btu.com

On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 8:24 PM, Greg - ZL3IX <zl3ix at inet.net.nz> wrote:

> 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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