Topband: NVIS Antenna

[Wes]

When I decided on the new challenge of working DXCC on 160 for my ninth band, I 
added some extensions on my 80-meter inverted-vee , (apex at 45') and tied them 
off on some handy saguaro cacti about head high.  You don't climb these :-)  I 
worked my first 80 or so countries with it.  And this is from southern AZ, not 
Maine.  K3S + KPA500.

Wes  N7WS


On 3/15/2020 12:47 PM, Carl Luetzelschwab wrote:
> For those who are antenna challenged, don't sell a 160m inverted-vee at low
> height too short.
>
> My 160m antenna at the moment is an inverted-vee at an apex of 45 feet.
> Additionally, the last third of each end is at 90 degrees to the main
> portion and horizontal at only 7 feet or so off the ground. It's what fits
> on the property.
>
> In the CQ 160m CW contest in January 2017. I came away with 44 states
> (missed ME, ID, NE and AK), 7 Canadian provinces (VE9, VY2, VE2, VE3, VE5,
> VE6 and VE7) and 17 DXCC entities (mostly Caribbean, Central America,
> Mexico and South America, with a few Europeans, a North African and a KH6
> in the mix). I was seldom #1 in a pile-up, but eventually I usually got
> through with 800 Watts to the inv-vee.
>
> It's better than no antenna.
>
> Carl K9LA
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