[TowerTalk] Low 160m Dipole - how bad?

[Richard Karlquist]

W8JI tried a 350 foot high half wave dipole on 160 meters for a while
and reported that it rarely if ever was better than his 1/4 wave
vertical. 

For years I used an 80 meter dipole at 30 feet for a 160 meter receive
antenna.  It was usually about as good as a beverage over my high
conductivity ground. 

The 30 foot height was because I have a lot of 30 foot lengths of
irrigation pipe, not because of any profound reason.

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Rick Karlquist
N6RK