[TowerTalk] 160M Wire Antenna

[Pete Smith]

At 10:47 AM 4/21/00 -0400, W1JR wrote:
>
>K7PUC,
>
>Straight up may be a misnomer. Not all power on 160-Meters is directed 
>straight up. How do you explain how I have confirmed over 250 DXCC entities 
>on 160 Meters with the highest antenna I've ever used being 90 feet at the 
>center and they are all dipoles or so-called inverted "V" dipoles, many 
>with loading coils to boot!

Superpower and beverages for listening? <hi>

According to the table in the antenna book, even for the 60-foot high
dipole, the signal at 25 degrees above the horizon is only 6 dB down from
the straight-up maximum.  So if you can hear 'em, you probably can work 'em.

73, Pete Smith N4ZR
n4zr@contesting.com 

Don't forget to update your entry on the World Contest Station Database,
now at http://www.contesting.com/stationdatabase.htm

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