Topband: Best way to jury rig a quick 160m contest antenna?

[Mike Waters]

Good grief! Well, if you're dead-set on using one of those on 160, how
about a K2AV folded counterpoise inside the building? ;-)

73, Mike
www.w0btu.com

On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 5:35 PM, Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

> I have ZERO access outside the shack Mike.
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> I have the 3 coaxes in the shack and that’s quite literally IT, hi hi
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> AA
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> Mike, Coreen & Corey
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> Keswick Ridge, NB
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> *From:* Mike Waters [mailto:mikewate at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* June 23, 2016 7:34 PM
> *To:* Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA
> *Cc:* topband
> *Subject:* Re: Topband: Best way to jury rig a quick 160m contest antenna?
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> Mike,
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> Have you considered an *elevated* radial at the near end of the coax
> feeding the 80m dipole? Connect the shield and center conductor together;
> and connect that to a tuner with either K2AV's folded counterpoise --or a
> 132' resonant wire-- 10' high.
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> That antenna tuner will have to be determined by experiment. I would bring
> along a box of components (variable and fixed capacitors and inductors ).
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> 73, Mike
> www.w0btu.com
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> On Jun 23, 2016 4:16 PM, "Mike Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
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> > I have no access to the existing antennas, tower, ends of antennas, nor
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> > I run any wires outside.
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> > Pretend you wake up in a locked room.  You have 3 coaxes. Tribander, 40m
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> > 80m.
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> > The challenge; Get on 160m !
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