[TowerTalk] 160 Mtr Vertical Query

[Richards]

I have only used mine for a few tries, and I think I agree with Barry's
assessment.  It is WAY better than what I had used for 160 before
and has much wider bandwidth  (formerly using AlphaDelta DX-B sloper.)

But I must confess that I have had such good results with it on 80 and 40
that I have pretty much remained on those bands.

I will know more as I try it on 160... but I am already convinced it was
worth the money and effort.   I have not tried it, but I am confident
Barry's results would be repeated here, and others I have talked
to using it with some extra wire have thought it worked better on
the low band that way.

I would encourage you to try it.

(Sorry, I cannot address the DX vs Local aspect.... not enough data...
very good question, though.  Probably the most important part of
your question to you... )


====================   Richards - K8JHR  ===============

Barry Merrill wrote:
> 
> As-is, the 43 footer will work 160, but only out to about 1000 or so miles with 100 watts,
> over land (to the east from Ireland), and I could only work the USA east coast across the sea.
> 
> Adding the 90 feet of wire run to a 33 foot support (a defunct BigIR) to make the L,
> got me out to 3500 miles to the east, and well into zone 4 in the USA.
> 

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