Topband: E51D and OHQP

[Wes Stewart]

 I worked my first 80 countries on 160 using an inverted-vee dipole, apex at 45 feet, ends down around 6-10 feet.  TX power = 500W, dipole used for both TX and RX.
I think this qualifies a NVIS.
Wes  N7WS

    On Thursday, August 24, 2023 at 03:28:29 PM MST, Mike Waters <mikewate at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Contrary to what you hear repeated on the bands year after year, what Jim
said is *exactly* right! :-)

I'll add that NVIS is rarely —if ever— useful for working DX on 160m.

73 Mike
W0BTU
https://web.archive.org/web/20190827040547/http://w0btu.com/

On Thu, Aug 24, 2023, 1:40 PM Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:

> ... the optimum height for an NVIS antenna is a quarter-wave.
> Higher reduces upward radiation, lower increases ground loss. This study
> was peer reviewed.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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