[TowerTalk] Low 160m Dipole - how bad?

[Steve Maki]

So far no one has mentioned the very active Roger G3YRO who, with his 
30' high dipole, gets better results than others with similarly 
compromised low horizontal 160M antennas. Sometimes (gleaned from his 
posts on the top band reflector) he gets very respectable RBN reports 
from NA, but once in a while on a given night...not so much. It's way 
better than no antenna, that's fer sure.

-Steve K8LX


On 01/13/25 9:43 AM, Mike Smith VE9AA 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)
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> 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.)
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> Has anyone used a low 160m dipole at only 25'?
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> Have you worked coast to coast (NA) or any DX?
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> 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.
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> My specific question is for a low (cloud warmer) dipole on Topband.
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> Tnx All!
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> CU (all of a sudden!) in the next one.
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> Mike VE9AA "NB"
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> Mike - Keswick Ridge, NB, Canada
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