[TowerTalk] FW: Adding 160 to an 80M dipole?

Matt maflukey at gmail.com
Tue Dec 16 22:51:00 EST 2014


Coax traps are relatively easy to make.  Check out ON7EQ's website for more info & links to design software.

Hope this helps.
Matt
KM5VI

-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Larry Banks
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 7:17 PM
To: YCCC Mail; Ham - Tower Talk
Subject: [TowerTalk] Adding 160 to an 80M dipole?

Hi all,

The ARRL 160 contest got me interested in 160.  I would like to add loading coils and additional wire to my 80M dipole at my QTH in Maine to see how that might fly.  (It would make it an 80/160 dipole.)  Yes – it won’t fly very well, and be narrow band, but it will be easy to do and better than nothing.  I have looked in the ARRL Antenna Book and Low Band DXing and have found little of help.  I do have one article from July 1992 QST by W8NX that looks to be helpful.

Any ideas or pointers to how this might be accomplished? 

73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ


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