[TowerTalk] 160M Antenna

[Jim Brown]

On 1/23/2013 5:43 AM, John Nistico wrote:
>   Should i put  up an inverted v or a vertical
> >with 4 ground radials 135 ft long. the feed  point will be 50 ft above
> >the ground.

That's a no-brainer.  Definitely a classic "ground plane" with four 
elevated radials. With that antenna height and radials at the 50 ft 
level, that will be a killer antenna.  Try to make the radials as 
symmetrical as possible, keep then as elevated as you can for as much of 
their length as you can, and make them a little shorter than a resonant 
quarter wave (I'd say about 120 ft).  I'm basing this recommendation on 
N6LF's excellent work on 160M radial systems.
73, Jim K9YC