[TowerTalk] 80/160m from low tower

[Fred Hopengarten]

On Mon, 21 Aug 2000 21:30:22 -0400 Byron Peebles <nz3o@arrl.net> writes:
> 
> I have a short tower bracketed to my house in the back.
> The tower is just under 50 feet at the top.
> My backyard has no trees over ten (10) feet tall.
> The yard is 115' wide and 115' deep.
> 
> I use a log periodic on the tower, so I sold my tuner.
> 
> Am I out of luck for 80/160m?  TIA, Byron

K1VR:  No.  Years ago, K8CC operated from HR1DAP and loaded a 50 foot
tower next to a house with a gamma rod on both 80 and 160.  He made a lot
of QSO's. Even in a small yard, you could add reflectors and directors
(see www.yccc.org and click on features, look for the "FVR Spitfire."

Fred Hopengarten K1VR                        
hopengarten@post.harvard.edu
Six Willarch Road * Lincoln, MA 01773-5105
781/259-0088 *eFax 419/858-2421

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