[TowerTalk] Low 160m Dipole - how bad?

[Wes Stewart]

 A little lower than you ask about but I used an inverted-vee up about 40' at the apex, with the ends down at 6', to work my first 80 or so countries on topband.

Wes  N7WS

    On Monday, January 13, 2025 at 07:45:32 AM MST, Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:  
 
 So, this past weekend I pretty much got skunked on Topband as my 160m
inverted L died after the first QSO in the NAQP CW contest and I had no 160m
backup antenna.(only band I don't currently have a backup for)

 

About the only thing I would be able to manage as a "backup" antenna here is
a slightly ends-bent horizontal dipole, but only up 25' (that's roughly like
having a 20m dipole up ~3.3' if I've done my math correctly.)

 

Has anyone used a low 160m dipole at only 25'?

 

Have you worked coast to coast (NA) or any DX?

 

I know all about verticals, inverted L's etc. I have a yard chock full of
them.  I have terrible soil conductivity here, but am at pretty good height
ASL, so do "OK" on VHF/HF.

 

My specific question is for a low (cloud warmer) dipole on Topband.

 

Tnx All!

 

CU (all of a sudden!) in the next one.

 

Mike VE9AA "NB"

 

Mike - Keswick Ridge, NB, Canada 

 

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