[TowerTalk] 160-m. Inverted L Question

[Bill Turner]

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On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:18:03 EST, RLVZ at aol.com wrote:

>1) Some people report that the 160-m. Inverted L can be fed directly with  50 
>ohm coax with good results.  Is that true?

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If you are concerned about getting an exact 50 ohms at the feedpoint,
a simple L-network will do it for you. See any ARRL handbook or
Antenna book. 

Also, I strongly recommend getting an SWR analyzer such as one of the
MFJ series. You will wonder how you ever got along without it.

73, Bill W6WRT