Topband: 160 vertical/L

W0MU Mike Fatchett w0mu at w0mu.com
Wed Nov 30 01:33:41 EST 2016


I have a full sized 80m vertical and a Top loaded Cushcraft 33ft 
vertical for 160.  The Cushcraft gets out but not great.

I was thinking about using an inverted L over the radial field that I 
use for the 160.  It is 30ish radials of various lengths or I have seen 
where people have loaded the 80m vertical on 160.  I think I recall 
people are not overly excited about bottom loading the 80.  The 80 is 
unguyed so the top cannot support anything.

I can get the vertical part of the L up 50-60 feet.

Any feelings one way or another?  I can make a switching system for the 
80 vert if people think this is a reasonable transmitting solution.  I 
have a rcv array, so I am hoping to improve my xmit signal.

W0MU



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