Topband: What antenna would you build?

[Mark - N5OT]

I actually got permission from the seller to go out there, set up an 
antenna, and operate a 160 contest before making and offer.

The place worked great.  I committed.

Mark N5OT


On 3/25/2022 12:19 PM, Mike Waters wrote:
> This is a great piece of advice!!! I would add: check those QRN levels at
> various times and on different days.
>
> 73 Mike
> W0BTU
>
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2022, 10:01 AM Fred Kleber <kleberf at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>> ... before you even make an offer on a piece of property, go there with a
>> mobile receiver and check to see what the ambient QRM level is.  We have
>> already read in this group about this very subject from a ham that is
>> unable to use 160m due to the QRM from pot house grow lights some 3/4 miles
>> away.  LED lighting is a well known source of QRM.
>>
>> Certain types of TVs and even solar power inverters can cause horrendous
>> amounts of QRM which can render top band useless.  It is interesting to
>> note that there are no FCC  spurious emissions requirements for solar power
>> equipment.
>>
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