[TowerTalk] Adding 160 to an 80M dipole?

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

This is the point exactly ... the radiation resistance of a "short"
vertical (less than 50' or so on 160) combined with the relatively
high losses in a base loading coil and less than optimum ground makes
a low dipole as good a choice as a "short" vertical.  Now, if one is
talking about a 60 or 70' shunt fed tower with yagi for top loading
and 30 to 60 radials 50 foot or more long, I'll take the tower every
time.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 2014-12-17 1:46 PM, RLVZ--- via TowerTalk wrote:
> For 160-m. I agree with John's statement below, unless the  vertical is
> real short and base loaded in which case I'd prefer a low  Dipole or Inverted
> Vee on if there's no better option such as a top  loaded vertical, Shunt Fed
> tower, or a Slant L.  Example: one of the  first year's I came to Florida, I
> mounted a very short 20' base loaded vertical  at the edge of a salt water
> river that had line-of-sight  over salt-water to a large area I was trying
> to work.  I also had  a low Inverted Vee for 160-m. with apex at 50' and ends
> at 20'.  I  thought the short vertical would do better on DX, but the short
> vertical was down 10-20dB in every case.
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> 73, Dick- K9OM
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> In a message dated 12/17/2014 10:22:52 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> john at kk9a.com writes:
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> I never  had much success using a low dipole, even from the Caribbean. For
> me a  short vertical with a minimal ground system worked better and it used
> much  less real estate.
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> John  KK9A
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