Contrary to what you hear repeated on the bands year after year, what Jim said is *exactly* right! :-)
I'll add that NVIS is rarely —if ever— useful for working DX on 160m. 73 Mike W0BTU https://web.archive.org/web/20190827040547/http://w0btu.com/ On Thu, Aug 24, 2023, 1:40 PM Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote: > ... the optimum height for an NVIS antenna is a quarter-wave. > Higher reduces upward radiation, lower increases ground loss. This study > was peer reviewed. > > 73, Jim K9YC > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector