I know my G5RV can't run on 160 at all unfortunately. I know people who made
it work, but mine won't and I"m not adding to it because I need it like it
is for 40. I'm going to put one up I have, I think it's like 220 feet or
something, that will do it nicely.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: 160
> Hi Pat;
>
> I have a Carolina Windom. Is their any way I could get it to work on =
> 160?
>
> They antenna is 130 FT. long however, the apex is about 50 FT. in the =
> air and it is just not long enough I'm afraid.
>
> 73 De Anthony W2AJV
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> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: Pat Byrne=20
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 4:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [BLIND-HAMS] 160
>
>
> A person can do a credible job with 100 watts and a short, well tuned=20
> antenna.
> When I worked 160 from Chicago I had never anything better than a=20
> trapped dipole, 100 or so feet long, with a loading/tuning network at=20
> the station end of the coax. I suppose it was technically a top=20
> loaded, thirty foot vertical, but who knows. I also had a couple of=20
> radials buried randomly under the antenna. They couldn't have been=20
> more than a hundred feet in total and they were connected to my=20
> stations ground rod.
> My best DX was San Francisco on CW at about 40 watts. Made me pretty =
> proud!!
> It's a great band.
> Pat, K9JAUAt 03:05 PM 1/27/2007, you wrote:
> >Folks, I regularly work the arrl 160 contest and will be in the cqww
> >tonight. My antennas are as follows:
> >1. 120 foot physical length dipole with 20 feet of loading near each
> >end, and a drooping tail at each end.
> >Amounts to 180 feet of wire in the air. This is at approximately 25 =
> feet.
> >
> >2. 90 foot half sloper fed against the 30 foot tower supporting the =
> feedpoint.
> >
> >Neither of these are anything near optimal, but in the cw contests,
> >do reasonably well.
> >
> >Good luck to all participants..
> >
> >
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