[TowerTalk] Omnidirectional antenna for domestic contests

[Jim Brown]

On Tue,10/6/2015 12:06 PM, Don W7WLL wrote:
> Have been considering adding a set of 160 M legs to my 80M inverted V 
> which currently is fed 70 feet up off my tower. The legs are in a 
> straight line, SE and NW, ending about 12 feet off the ground. Have 
> not been on 160 for decades! It performs reasonably well on 80 
> considering. 

A horizontal 160M antenna at 70 ft is terribly low. You would be far 
better off loading the tower against a lot of radials or K2AV's folded 
counterpoise.


> When I moved I gave away all my ARRL antenna books and I don't own an 
> antenna anaylzer or modeling program so experienced input of others is 
> important and welcome. 

Maybe you should buy those books back -- rather than depend on advice of 
others who don't know any better, you can study the books and get GOOD 
answers.

In the meantime, here's a presentation I've done for several ham clubs 
and at Pacificon. http://k9yc.com/160MPacificon.pdf

73, Jim K9YC