Topband: Commercial 160 antennas?

[Stan Stockton]

Bill,

You need to shunt feed that 90 foot tower!  You can decide whether you want to install an extensive radial field or whether to easily put up a few elevated radials.  

This is an easy project and will kill the performance of a 43 foot vertical for almost no cost.

What tower is it?  Are guy wires insulated from tower and broken up with insulators?  What is on top of tower?

Stan, K5GO

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> On Dec 30, 2015, at 11:56 AM, K4OWR <k2owr at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> :::: Anyone have actual experience with any of the commercially available 160 antennas...such as:
> 
> http://www.dxengineering.com/parts/dxe-160va-1?seid=dxese1&gclid=Cj0KEQiAno60BRDt89rAh7qt-4wBEiQASes2tUOULTlQpNyMARBk4ZWRxw70jODW_FJCuBJ1Td47YMgaAhgQ8P8HAQ
> 
> http://www.dxengineering.com/parts/csh-ma160v?seid=dxese1&gclid=Cj0KEQiAno60BRDt89rAh7qt-4wBEiQASes2te6Z2l2AXZmKP8i8l_iGeMKA7d7_B5IymHIulbh6Z_MaAlrL8P8HAQ
> 
> OR, what is recommended for a /*reasonable*/ sized vertical (not a 43' type with matching coil) or requiring a tuner to match?
> Or, a /*simple*/ method of loading my guyed 90' existing tower.
> I have lots of room for almost anything.
> Tuners on 160, with a LOT of power, always eventually blow up or catch fire.
> 
> BILL K4OWR
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