[TowerTalk] 160 Meter Antenna Suggestions

[ersmar at comcast.net]

Mike:

     To me, <small residential lot> + <tower with XXX HF antenna> on it = shunt-feed on Topband.  Granted, your SteppIR might not be ideal as a capacitive top-hat for this purpose as the elements are insulated from the boom (or are they?)  But absent tall supports for an inverted L, shunt-feeding your tower/HF Yagi is a cheap enough alternative that is worth trying, IMHO.

     Search the TT archives for hints or drop me a line directly for some details.


73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F


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From: "mryan001" <mryan001 at tampabay.rr.com>
> Being on a small residential lot with no room or very tall supports for a
> 1/2 wave dipole or inverted vee, I bought for 160, one of those "shortened
> dipoles" which has come up VERY short on results. One possibility that I
> considered is that there might be a commercially made dipole ( trapped I
> would suppose ) other than the 82ft model, that can offer something on 160?
> I have on the crankup tower, 3 ele SteppIR, and some vhf/uhf antennas.  Off
> the side of the tower already are a 75 meter inverted vee and a Carolina
> Windom. It is reasonable to assume that the loss of these wire antennas from
> the tower would not be a great loss at this point as I have verticals for 40
> and 75 that out perform them here on the (salt) water.  Suggestions?  -Mike
> 
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> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Inverting a Delta Loop?
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