Re: Topband: Inverted L height vs. length.

2015-03-02 Thread ve9aa
Hi & Thanks Yuri. That's good info to know. I had wondered about that actually... I may be able to get the hz portion over to a far away tree, just slightly lower than the 35' peak of the first tree, instead of sloping it back to earth. I am limited in what I can do, hi ! Appreciate the inp

Re: Topband: Inverted L height vs. length.

2015-03-02 Thread Yuri Blanarovich
Hi Mike, from your description, I think you would be best off not to fold back the top wire, but try to "go away" horizontally as much as possible. Folding back in "U" manner makes the current/radiation from the top half cancel portion from theĀ fed portion. If you want to enhance vertical po

Re: Topband: Inverted L height vs. length.

2015-03-01 Thread Doug Renwick
I can speculate that your mail box would be overflowing and you could retire comfortably especially if you had a 160m station that worked. Sri Tom, I couldn't resist having some fun. Doug -Original Message- 24 hours and even not one comment? Maybe I really should've said I was renting

Re: Topband: Inverted L height vs. length.

2015-03-01 Thread W0MU Mike Fatchett
I have used one inverted L and the horses wiped it out a few years ago. I had about 70 ft of vertical and the rest horizontal. I am not sure how much interaction the tree will have if you run the wire next to it. The end sloping down will affect the match if my memory serves. If that is wh

Re: Topband: Inverted L height vs. length.

2015-03-01 Thread Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA
24 hours and even not one comment? What if I had a BOG for RX, buried, uninsulated radials and had worked K1N with it during my move into a Brave New World? Maybe I really should've said I was renting the station out for hire to offshore stns only, to be used to work rare countries, during co

Topband: Inverted L height vs. length.

2015-02-28 Thread Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA
de VE9AA I know inverted L's have been hashed out quite a few times on this list, and I have gleaned some knowledge. At my previous QTH I had a 5/16th WL one which seemed to work tons better than my current one, even though I was not up over 40' high. As it happens, on my current property