Topband: Inverted L improvement question

[Dan]

One thing to remember is that one night on topband is not enough to judge an 
antenna. Condx are to variable to compare from one night to the next. Any 
antenna on 160 with about 70 or more vertical feet worked against a good 
ground will be a good antenna over the long run.

Dan W8CAR (inverted L 70' vertical 100' sloping away horizontally fed with 
series cap against about 40 radials of unknown pedigree)

-----Original Message----- 
From: Todd Goins
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2018 11:07 AM
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Inverted L improvement question

Hi Gary,

Thanks for the help. I got the new wire in place roughly as you described.
It is a few feet lower to give good clearance from the anchoring branch.

It doesn't work very well. Last night it was much poorer on receive and
transmit than my existing 43' vertical setup. I'm not sure what to think.
Maybe the light of day will reveal a clue, but it was fairly quick and easy
to construct and kinda tough to mess up but who knows...

I'll put an analyzer on the feedpoint this morning and see if it looks out
of whack. I was expecting it to be a least a little better but it clearly
wasn't.

73,
Todd - NR7RR
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