[TowerTalk] 160 meter antenna thoughts.

[Richard Solomon]

Beverages are nice if you have lots or real estate. But for those land-
locked folks, a Pennant Antenna works well. If you got the room, 2
of them, back-to-back work even better.

73, Dick, W1KSZ

On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 4:34 PM, Bill Turner <dezrat at outlook.com> wrote:

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> On Sat, 15 Nov 2014 08:20:40 -0800, Jim wrote:
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> >Horizontal antennas below about a half wave are cloud-warmers. I had one
> >at 120 ft, and my vertical nearly always beat it, often by a LOT.
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> REPLY:
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> True if you're working DX, but for local Qs out to a few hundred miles
> or so a cloud warmer is what you want. 160 meters nearly always
> reflects vertical incidence signals. One of the best bands there is
> for that distance.
>
> And if you're serious about DX on 160 don't stop with a vertical. Get
> a four square and a Beverage.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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