Topband: NVIS Antenna

Mike Waters mikewate at gmail.com
Mon Mar 16 13:07:42 EDT 2020


I fully agree with the statements below. *Most* of the time, a vertical is
superior for DX on 160m. Please see:
https://web.archive.org/web/20170703105635/http://www.w0btu.com/160_meters.html

73, Mike
W0BTU

On Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 7:52 AM Roger Kennedy <roger at wessexproductions.co.uk>
wrote:

>
> ... DX propagation on 160m ISN'T like 80m (where it IS nearly all low
> angle, so you MUST have a good vertical to work DX effectively) ... Most of
> the "experts" who have written books about Low-band DX-ing have made the
> assumption that 160m is just like 80m . . . which in my experience it
> clearly isn't ! ...
>


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