[Towertalk] 160 metre antenna

[Steve Katz]

Best I've used lately is a vertical dipole installed as a sideways "vee"
from a 140' tall tower.  Dipole is full-sized (255') but pulled out away
from the tower at its center using a guide rope, then pulled back towards
the tower at its top and bottom, thus accommodating a 255' long dipole in
only 140' of vertical space.  Feedline intersects the vee-angle at the
feedpoint and comes back to the tower horizontally, then down the tower.
Works better than the GAP Voyager, or the slopers previously used at the
same site.  Requires one fairly tall tower!

WB2WIK/6

"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough." -
Mario Andretti

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	snichols@mvosprey.com [SMTP:snichols@mvosprey.com]
> Sent:	Monday, December 02, 2002 11:35 AM
> To:	towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject:	[Towertalk] 160 metre antenna
> 
> Hi all...
> 
> Need some advice please...
> 
> What is a practical, good working antenna for 160 contesting use ? Not 
> looking for anything really fancy, just something that will let me get 
> on and work some stations and multipliers so I don't get completely shut 
> out of 160 on all band efforts...
> 
> Dipole? Vertical ? Inverted L ? Inverted V ?
> 
> Any suggestions would be appreciated...
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Scott VE1OP
> 
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