My experience too, Bill! The very first time I tried my inverted-L with the two elevated radials etc., I broke a number of pile-ups in a contest with 100 watts! At that time, I did not have an amplifier that covered 160m.
After that, for awhile I made a game out of turning down the power output to 50 watts or less. I finally understood why some hams love QRP. :-) 73, Mike W0BTU On Thu, Mar 5, 2020, 2:13 PM Bill Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > ... > These comments will be of little help as far as the technical info on the > subject antenna and is a far cry from an excellently constructed antenna > but it is very practical....in my opinion of course. > > However, I do use an Inv. L with a four wire counterpoise...or elevated > radials if you prefer. Mine is approximately 50ft vertical and rest > horiz....total, a quarter wave. The horizontal part is about 50 feet high > and fairly flat. The antenna is completely covered over with tall pine > trees. The CP wires go off from the base/feed point 10ft off the ground and > at approximately 90 degrees apart. Each CP wire is about ten feet high and > some are supported on tree trunks ... I only run 100 watts(CW) on 160....no > need for big coax in my case. .... I have had very good success with this > antenna. With 100 watts I have been able > to work several DXped. stns in the Pacific, JA. This season I have worked > nearly 80 EU, Carib and Pac. stations. I had a lot of fun in the recent > ARRL CW test. ... > Try it....easy to put up and if it don't work, go on to something > else....hi. > GL & 73 de Bill K4JYS/NC > > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
