[UK-CONTEST] Antenna advice!

[Andy Swiffin]

>>> On 01/10/2008 at 12:00, in message <48E35839.7060408 at dsl.pipex.com>, Tammie
Evans <m3enf at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I would love to have a really reliable 80m antenna, I'd also like to 
> have a bash at Top Band.  My problems are threefold; space, experience 
> and money.


Hi Tamie, 
I would check out Jims interesting post on his IOTA experiments back in August, from the archives:

http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/uk-contest/2008-August/011046.html 

in which he describes a succesful 80M vertical.   Something which I'll be trying when I get back on the radio.

> I don't have enough knowledge to do viable 
> experimentation.
>

I bet with a bit of googling you'd find that you quickly gain all the knowledge you need to enjoy hours of fun experimenting, so don't let that put you off!   A google with small 160M aerial  in the box yielded some interesting links (so much so I bookmarked them myself) such as:

http://www.dxzone.com/catalog/Antennas/160M/
http://www.iw5edi.com/ham-radio/?a-practical-antenna-for-160-metres,32
http://www.dxzone.com/cgi-bin/dir/jump2.cgi?ID=7466

Look forward to catching you on 160 - hopefully I'll be QRV again before the end of the year.

73
Andy
gm8oeg



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