Topband: 160, 80 and 40 Meter Inverted L Tuning

Bill Smith ko4nrbs at yahoo.com
Wed Mar 29 11:26:04 EDT 2023


I put up a 160-meter Inverted L in my backyard with traps for 80 and 40 meters.  The vertical section is up about 35 feet with 31 feet of wire between the 80-meter and 40-meter trap.  From the 80-meter trap to the end of the antenna is 60 feet of wire.  It is hung as a sloping U.  At the end of the U bend in the wire is a 4-inch pulley.  It's the best I can do with my small yard.  I have tried various lengths of a counterpoise as well as my radial field with no luck.  
>From my VNA
80 Meters at 3.850 MHzSWR-11.5Smith Chart- 26.7ohms 372pfResistance- 50 ohmsReactance- S11x100 -111 ohmsSWR at 4.000 MHz is 12.6
160 Meters at 1.9000 MHzSWR- 32Smith Chart- 1.648 ohms 473 microhenriesResistance- S21x100- 50 ohmsReactance- S11x100- 10.04 ohmsSWR at 2.000 MHz is 50
I obviously have a lot of research yet to do but wanted to see if these results make sense or not.  Any ideas on the best way to tune this?
73,Bill KO4NR


More information about the Topband mailing list