Yes it does. I made my inverted-L a little longer to raise the Z and the point of max current, based on a post here years ago by K3LR.
I also used two elevated radials. Jay can do that or use K9AV FCP. www.w0btu.com/160_meters.html (scroll down) lists.contesting.com/_topband/2007-11/msg00248.html www.w0btu.com/Optimum_number_of_ground_radials_vs_radial_length.html 73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Sun, Nov 18, 2018, 11:17 AM Wes Stewart <wes_n...@triconet.org> wrote: > That is not great. It implies excessive ground loss. > > On 11/18/2018 9:41 AM, jayb1...@optonline.net wrote: > > Theoretical impedance for a perfect 1/4 wave ground plane is 37 ohms. 60 > > ohms is great; 1.2:1 VSWR – leave it alone, you will never notice any > > difference if you try to improve it. It will change with rain, snow, etc > > anyhow..73 Jay ny2ny > > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
