Really, if his claims are true KP4KE worked 49 countries in two nights
during the CQ 160 meter contest running only 20 watts. He claims he is
using for the states a "double bazooka" at 85 feet. His signals on RBN
were consistently stronger than my 1.5 KW to a 1/4 wave vertical with 60
radials.
I can't believe that no one has put this really important question to bed
already.
If I had the land and an existing vertical with a large buried radial system
and another tower available.. I would try it out for the sake of Ham Radio :-))
Put up another 160M vertical.. contact a few friends
Has anyone tried adding a horizontal wire to the top of either the Butternut
HF2V, HF6V, or HF9V in order to get it to resonate on 160m?
Les, N1SV
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Topband Reflector
Dear people, I experience a situation that confused me a little bit.
I have a vertical with 60 fence wire buried radials 1/4 wave long plus a ground
rod.
Prior to the contest I decided to check the buried radials of my vertical. I
have bundles ranging from 4 to 7 radials connected to a square r
Good Day All,
Well, after sifting through all of the responses to my original posting, and
reviewing the different sites recommended by specific denizens of Topband, I've
come to the conclusion that I will have to stick to my current design of 24
radials, each 1/8-wave long, per "L"...
I belie
Tom,
Great stuff! Could you elaborate on a couple of points -
1. I would think that a system with elevated radials that slope upward
towards the far ends (e.g for 160m 10' at feedpoint and 30' at far ends)
should have less loss as the field is less near earth where the voltage
is high in the
When I first looked at Eddy's list I laughed.
However, it does convey a clear message that there are a lot of ways to
achieve the goal of a workable low-band vertical.
I certainly won't argue with the quest for an answer to the "what is best"
question, but at some level almost every ham has to
No science here, just an experience
Played in the ARRL DX in both the CW and SSB. With 100W and an elevated
GP for my vertical.
The wire vertical is held up by a caternary between two towers and is a
T-top at the top...about 40 foot used for the T at an apex at around 160
feet, The base
