Re: Inverted L for 160 meters

Posted by Jim Brown-10 on Aug 26, 2020; 4:48pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Inverted-L-for-160-meters-tp7664325p7664360.html

Right on, John! Also N7WS, who urges study of N6LF's authoritative site.
Rudy is a major contributor to ARRL Handbook and Antenna Book. And to
AB7E who urges modeling. You can't model radial/counterpoise systems
without a far more capable version of NEC, but you CAN model the
difference between horizontal and vertical antennas and heights of both.

Lyn's expectations are modest. Many of us want to work 5,000 - 8,000
mile paths, which is what it takes to work 175 countries from W6 in 14
years -- it's FAR easier to work EU east of the MS river, and EU has FAR
more countries with active hams than AS and OC. I know -- I lived in IL.
One of my goals is QRP WAS. In about ten years, I still need VT and SC.
And I've got three 160M verticals, all using my tower as a passive
reflector to give me a few dB in three directions!

Here are slides for a talk I've done at Pacificon, Visalia, and to
several local clubs. It's mostly about antennas, mostly about
radial/counterpoise systems. None of it is my original work, but rather
summarizes the best work by others like N6LF.

http://k9yc.com/160MPacificon.pdf

WAS from east of the MS is also far easier than from W6 -- there are
only seven west coast states, all with superstations that are easy to
work -- CA, OR, WA, AK, HI, AZ, NV. There are also big stations in MT,
ID, NM, and UT.

73, Jim K9YC


On 8/25/2020 6:27 PM, [hidden email] wrote:

> KD5ODS is not over thinking anything.  He is on the right track, an inverted
> L is a much better top band antenna than a low all band horizontal wire.
> Kevin just needs to model his inverted L, he might be a little surprised to
> see which way the pattern skews.
>
> John KK9A
>
>
> Lyn W0LEN
>
> Good gracious.  Why does everyone overthink 160m?

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