Ya need a bigger top hat... I ran my second ARRL160 with a 42' vertical piece of wire and a 130' wire top hat with 30 radials between 30 and 70' long... made the top 10 with it LP. But I don't think it would have played well on 40 and maybe only so-so on 80 without traps.
By the way you stand out quite well on 160 with whatever you're using Dale :o) 73 j Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html Tennessee QSO Party http://www.tnqp.org/ Elecraft K2/100 #4455 Elecraft K3/100 #366 --- On Mon, 3/16/09, Dale Putnam <daleput...@hotmail.com> wrote: > From: Dale Putnam <daleput...@hotmail.com> > Subject: RE: [Elecraft] 43' Vertical > To: wrco...@flash.net, "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>, > phriend...@yahoo.com > Date: Monday, March 16, 2009, 9:09 PM > MFJ1793, is a 41 foot vertical, and works with a 20 meter > element, and a single 80/40 element, a top hat and a steel > roof adds up to workable on 80 - 15... > > NOT on 160. Not even. But quite nice on the rest. > > > > --... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live™: Life without walls. > http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_allup_1a_explore_032009 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
