Topband: Vertical Dipoles on 160 Meters

Richard (Rick) Karlquist richard at karlquist.com
Fri May 7 16:54:10 EDT 2021


> On 5/7/2021 10:31 AM, John Crovelli wrote:
>> For those who have limited space and are unable to lay out an 
>> effective ground system, the vertical dipole offers a very worthwhile 
>> alternative to an Inverted-L or low Inverted-V.

I think of this as essentially an inverted-L with one elevated
radial ... driven at the second harmonic.  It seems to me it
would work work better with 2 or 4 radials, and with 2 or 4
top loading wires.  And it can be driven with a common mode
choke at the bottom of the vertical section.

Rick N6RK


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