Topband: low inv-vee

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

One thing about an inverted vee on 160 that can
confusing:  if you don't go to a lot of trouble to
have a really effective balun, you end up having
feedline radiation.  In the case, you really have
an inverted L.  This is related to articles written
about so called "loop skywires" where they say:
do NOT use a balun.  That's because they are really
counting on the feedline to be the vertical radiator
on 160 meters and the loop is just top loading.

Therefore, low inverted vee "success stories" may
not mean what you think they mean.

Rick N6RK