[TowerTalk] Fan Dipole

[john at kk9a.com]

I am surprised that people still do not realize that working DXCC countries
is no indication of antenna performance. The poor desert ground may be
helping your inverted V however why would an inverted V be your only option?
I have used various 160m antennas from a number of locations in the US and
Caribbean and found a low inverted V to be very inferior to a top loaded
short vertical even without an extensive radial field. 

John KK9A



To:	towertalk at contesting.com
Subject:	Re: [TowerTalk] Fan Dipole
From:	Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws at triconet.org>
Date:	Sat, 30 Sep 2017 17:31:25 -0700

It may be terrible, but it's better than no antenna at all.

I have 72 DXCC entities worked using an inverted-V, 45' high at the center
with ends barely off the ground.  Some of these with a barefoot K3, the rest
with a KPA500.  All either CW or SSB, no imaginary modes where QSOs are
completed by text messaging.

And this wasn't from a beach in New England but from the desert of southern 
Arizona.

Wes  N7WS

On 9/30/2017 1:31 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
  From my experience and lower heights a
160m dipole is a terrible antenna, I would not bother adding it to your fan