[TowerTalk] New Antenna

[Dan Bookwalter]

Warren

you might look ito an Inverted L arrangement... many
many people have pretty good luck with them... i have
one that is 72 ft vert and about 60ft mostly
horizontal with just one radial and i seem to be able
to work what i can hear (with 100w)...

good luck

Dan N8DCJ
--- WarrenWolff at aol.com wrote:

> Greetings,
>  
> I have a question about choices on 160 meters.
>  
> I expect to have a new home at Lake Havasu City next
>  summer.
> I will have a 60/70 foot fixed tower topped by a
> couple of  OptiBeams
> (16-4 and a 4-40).
>  
> About 100 feet away, I expect to have a 30/35 foot
> flag  pole.
>  
> What is my best way to get on 160 with this
> arrangement?   A couple
> of ideas come to mind.
>  
>      1)   Shunt feed the  tower
> 2)   Use a wire between the top of  the tower and
> the top of  the
> flagpole  to use as top loading for vertical wire in
> the  center
> of  it.
> 3)   Extend an arm out from the top of  the tower,
> say around  6-8
> feet and  drop some kind of vertical element to be
> base-fed.
>  
> Advice is needed; please don’t say I am nuts.
>  
> 
> Warren; W5KKW
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