Any way to send this without the equals? 73 Butch WA0VJR Node 3148 Wallace, ks. On Wed, 30 Sep 2015, Eric Oyen wrote: > here is an alternative that is pretty easy to build. > > 1 you will need 50 feet of PVC pipe and at least 1/4 wave of enameled = > magnet wire. the idea here is to make a helical wound antenna (much like = > a firestik. the windings will need to be widely spaced at the bottom = > (about 1 turn per foot and gradually reducing to a tight wound coil near = > the top. You can also create loaded ground radials this way. The ground = > radials definitely need to be 1/4 wave long (electrically). the vertical = > element can be 1/4 up to 3/4 waves (wound). THis will make an excellent = > low space vertical antenna. > > as a second (receive only) you can create a magnetic loop antenna that = > is not much larger than 10 feet in diameter. the top will be split and a = > tuning cap placed there. there is also a secondary coupling loop (this = > will directly connect to the coax). with the addition of a preamp, you = > will have a station that can produce a decent signal on 160 with the = > ears to match. > > DE n7zzt Eric > > On Sep 30, 2015, at 10:16 AM, Steve Forst wrote: > >> Mike, >> =20 >> I don't have any experience with any of the antennas you mention, but=20= > >> perhaps an inverted L would be better than the long wire. For long = > haul=20 >> stuff on 160, vertical antennas are the way to go. You would get = > that=20 >> from the inverted L, or the other 2 antennas you mention. >> =20 >> I'm using what is probably the worst antenna for 160, a loaded dipole=20= > >> that isn't very high. You have a better location than me, and would=20= > >> probably do well no matter what antenna you use. >> =20 >> While there is plenty of SSB activity, and even DX, my experience is=20= > >> that CW is the better mode on this band. I have 19 DXCC countries on=20= > >> 160 SSB worked, and 60 countries on CW. Only country I worked on = > phone=20 >> that I couldn't repeat on CW was Gambia. >> =20 >> Of course, your location may give you nice SSB contacts into western=20= > >> Europe, that I could only dream about. >> =20 >> Good luck. Now is the time to do something before the snow flies. >> =20 >> Do you know what the bandwidth would be for the Zero 5 antenna with = > the=20 >> optional coil? >> =20 >> 73, Steve KW3A >> =20 >> On 9/30/2015 11:35 AM, Michael Ryan wrote: >>> Hi all: >>> =20 >>> This may open up a flood gate but what are your decent 160M antennas = > and experiences with these? >>> I'm hoping to put up a 330 foot long wire on a 20 foot high mast in a = > few weeks but not sure how well it will get out with 4 or 500W. I think = > another favorite is the Hy-gain high towers, which are 50 feet tall with = > a coil and require radials. There's now a coil I can buy for my Zero = > Five vertical which makes it a better performer on 160 with radials. I'm = > pretty sure I could get this coil and some radials for 160 for a 3RD the = > cost of the Hy-gain high tower. >>> =20 >>> 73: >>> Mike DE VO1AX >>> =20 > >