Mike, No need for traps and horizontal wires and such. Put a 160 resonator on top of that vertical. Use a low Q long skinny coil with a nice big capacity hat of 25 pico farads or so. It won't affect 80 meters and will only be down 2 db or less than a full 160 quarterwave, with a good ground system like you have. I can give you the specifics for the resonator if you wish. Refer to the QEX articles on "Short Loaded Antennas" in the Jan/Feb and Mar/ Apr issues for the figures. 73, Barry, W9UCW _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
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