Topband: 160 m inverted L

[farrerj at yahoo.com]

FWIW mine is cut  by trial and error to 1825 and is approximately 65 feet vertical and 80 feet horizontal. I have moved it around to three different locations over the last 2 years. The dimensions change very little, perhaps 2 feet. The SWR can be tweaked by raising or lowering the FCP a little.   

Good luck 
John G3XHZ


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> On 8 Nov 2016, at 03:23, Wes Attaway (N5WA) <wesattaway at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
> I haven't run any numbers but it seems like you should just shorten the
> horizontal wire (resonance freq is too low).  I would go back to about 65'
> horizontal.  Somewhere in the range of 60' to 70' you should get close
> enough.
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Art Heft
> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2016 3:06 PM
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Subject: Topband: 160 m inverted L
> 
> I finally got the inverted L up this afternoon.  Vertical dimension is 65'
> and the almost horizontal dimension is 95'.  I am using a very carefully
> built FCP and the commercial transformer.  My SARK 110 shows resonance at
> about 1.68 MHz but the resistive part is up around 1000 ohms.  Taken right
> at the antenna.  Doesn't seem right to me.  Any ideas?
> 73, Art K8CIT Hillman MI
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