[TowerTalk] 160 antenna revisited
Richard (Rick) Karlquist
richard at karlquist.com
Mon Dec 8 22:38:46 EST 2014
On 12/8/2014 6:50 PM, john nistico wrote:
> I do not do the ARRL 160 contest but
> I did it this year. I ran an inverted v at 150 ft apex and a 1/4 wave vertical. Both put out well however the v seemed to hear better.Between the 2 I managed to break the NLI record held by W2CWW. So I think for cq160 I will do the same and add a coax rx loop. Any other ideas?
>
My experience is that low dipoles or inverted vees normally receive
better than my transmit vertical. The vertical is way
better on transmit. YMMV. I am going to try a low dipole
on receive for SP.
Congrats on your high score but I still missed NLI this
year :-)
Rick N6RK
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