Topband: low inv-vee

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

 Amen.  73, Guy K2AV

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 9:24 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist <
richard at karlquist.com> wrote:

> 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
>
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