Topband: Low Dipoles

Jim Brown jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
Thu Dec 17 15:35:31 EST 2020


On 12/17/2020 12:28 PM, Mike Smith VE9AA wrote:
> I've had low (30-40' up) 160m dipoles in essentially 3 QTH's.and always had
> inverted L's to do A/B realtime comparisons.

I'd define a dipole as "low" if it were less than 1/4 wavelength; I had 
one at 120 ft, less than a quarter wave. The virtue of having it lower 
than that, of course, is that it further suppresses low angle, 
potentially reducing local noise.

73, Jim K9YC


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