Topband: Comparison of Vertical Arrays for Low Band Receiving

[Steve Muenich]

Very nice white paper Joel.  Really enjoyed reading.  

I have a YCCC-9 out on nearby very RF quiet 20,000 acre 
Ranch property in South Texas. 
Built it using PCBs from Steve’s videos. 
I have 9 blank PCBs to build and populate with components if anyone is interested.  I ordered 10 minimum order and only need 1.   Contact me if interested.  Free.

Not having the comparisons you mentioned, my array performance seems very on par to your findings.  

Thanks for doing this report and this information is very valuable to future low band receive deployment.  

See you at Hamvention and CTU

73
Steve, NA5C




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> On Jan 14, 2025, at 4:30 AM, w5znjoel at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> I see the reflector truncated the link to the paper. Just cut and past the
> entire link, or go to w5zn.org to my 160 meter page or the Papers &
> Presentation page and you can download it there.
> 
> 73 Joel W5ZN
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> Subject: Topband: Comparison of Vertical Arrays for Low Band Receiving
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> 
> 
> In early 2008 I began working with short vertical arrays for low band
> receiving on 160 meters. Since that time I have constructed and compared
> results between various array designs based on empirical data collected on
> the air over a 10 year period. I have assembled everything in a paper that
> may be of interest to some of you. It may be downloaded and viewed on my
> website, located here:
> 
> 
> 
> https://w5zn.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Comparison-of-Vertical-Arrays-fo
> r-Low-Band-Receiving.pdf
> 
> 
> 
> 73 Joel W5ZN
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