[TowerTalk] 80m rotary dipole for 160M RX ?

[Hardy Landskov]

I had a low horizontal 160 dipole stretched across  my property and it was
no good. Robin WA6??? suggested it because they had one in Burma and it was
a good RX antenna.
But YMMV...
73 N7RT

-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim
Thomson
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 12:32 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] 80m rotary dipole for 160M RX ?

Has anybody tried using a 80m rotary dipole as a 160M  RX ant ?   Im
thinking it may well be quieter
than any dedicated RX ant I could come up with....on a city lot.   There is
no way I can get adequate
separation between any 160m TX ant, like a .25 wave sloper,  shunt fed
tower,etc, and a 160M  RX array. 
This assumes plenty of Z and esp RS on the 80m 1:1  choke balun... when used
for 160M RX.   I dont use
QSK, just vox.  So I would have to incorporate some high speed vac relay
setup to swap ants when on 160M RX. 
It would be interesting to know if the  RX concept even works.  80m rotary
dipole planned to go up this spring, on the crankup..at 100 ft. 

Jim  VE7RF
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