Good grief! Well, if you're dead-set on using one of those on 160, how about a K2AV folded counterpoise inside the building? ;-)
73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 5:35 PM, Mike Smith VE9AA <[email protected]> wrote: > I have ZERO access outside the shack Mike. > > I have the 3 coaxes in the shack and that’s quite literally IT, hi hi > > > > AA > > > > Mike, Coreen & Corey > > Keswick Ridge, NB > > > > *From:* Mike Waters [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* June 23, 2016 7:34 PM > *To:* Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA > *Cc:* topband > *Subject:* 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 determined by experiment. I would bring > along a box of components (variable and fixed capacitors and inductors ). > > 73, Mike > www.w0btu.com > > On Jun 23, 2016 4:16 PM, "Mike Smith VE9AA" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I have no access to the existing antennas, tower, ends of antennas, nor > can > > I run any wires outside. > > > > > > Pretend you wake up in a locked room. You have 3 coaxes. Tribander, 40m > & > > 80m. > > > > The challenge; Get on 160m ! > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
