If you have ability to put up short dipole at height of 90 feet then you probably have ability to put up 80 feet vertical with about a 50 foot horizontal wire connected in center to the vertical portion. I would choose that over any other option you mentioned. Four elevated quarter wavelength radials above ground by ten feet or more will work fairly well. Experiment with a big hairpin coil across feed point to raise R up to 50 ohms for a good match.
73... Stan, K5GO/ZF9CW > On Jul 30, 2017, at 9:53 PM, Anton Moehammad via Topband > <topband@contesting.com> wrote: > > Hi All,I am from Indonesia and I want start to work 160m but as usual for a > newbie like me is chose my first antenna.For now I have limited choice of > antenna 1. short dipole with 90 feet high2. inverted vee with 80 feet feed > point3. L with a few ground plane ( 3 or 4 ground 10 feet above ground)for > receiving I have more option except beverages. any suggestion is very > welcome.Thank YouAnton > > | | Virus-free. www.avg.com | > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
