Re: Topband: W3LPL station

I live about 50 miles northeast of Frank's QTH.My family was away for a few days and I was coming home just after lunch to take care of the critters, and I saw those thunder cells SW of me as I drove home.I remember thinking man those things look really ugly -- very, very dark clouds. I'm

Re: Topband: Best way to jury rig a quick 160m contest antenna?

Mike, Have you considered an *elevated* radial at the near end of the coax feeding the 80m dipole? Connect the shield and center conductor together; and connect that to a tuner with either K2AV's folded counterpoise --or a 132' resonant wire-- 10' high. That antenna tuner will have to be

Re: Topband: W3LPL station

Oh yeah, way worse. Look at his property from Google Earth and see how the tornado threaded a needle to only take down the one tower and that line of trees. Didn't hit his house. Only took down one tower. Nobody was hurt. Oh yeah, could have been way worse. 73, G. On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 4:34

Re: Topband: Best way to jury rig a quick 160m contest antenna?

Thanks for all the suggestions guys. Lots of private emails. HOWEVER, sadly I don't think I can use much information from most of them. Two emails contain an idea or two I may be able to implement. (maybe) I have no access to the existing antennas, tower, ends of antennas, nor can I run any

Re: Topband: W3LPL station

http://www.wbaltv.com/weather/nws-confirms-tornado-ripped-through-howard-county/40177298 Frank's tower and Frank are shown about a minute into this video. It could have been a lot worse. Tree N6TR On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 1:30 PM, Art Snapper wrote: > I am sad to pass along a

Topband: W3LPL station

I am sad to pass along a report that Frank's station took a hit from an EF0 tornado. There was some tower damage. Hopefully there was minimal damage to the rest of the property. http://www.arrl.org/news/view/confirmed-tornado-in-maryland-downs-tower-at-w3lpl-contest-station de Art NK8X

Topband: ANtenna

Mike: Given the stated constraints, I'd put traps on the ends of the 80 meter inverted vee and add more wire to make a 160 meter inverted vee. If you are short on space, fold the ends in towards the center. regards, Larry W8ANT _ Topband Reflector Archives -

Re: Topband: Best way to jury rig a quick 160m contest antenna?

You are not going to work a lot of multipliers in the IARU contest on 160 meters - even if you had "real" antennas for the band. I would suggest either just loading up your 80 meter antenna and working one or two mults and then go back to focusing on the other bands. The idea of using it against