[160m] I'll have to pass.. 160m dipoles.

Tom Rauch w8ji at contesting.com
Thu Oct 28 23:24:18 EDT 2004


> A few people suggested G5RV style antennas.  I will
research these.
>
> Another idea is one enormous horizontal loop.  I could
easily do 100 - 120
> feet per side and feed it from the center of a side or a
corner depending on
> what is required for the design.  Again I am limited in
height.  I MIGHT be
> able to go as high as 31' but things get exciting much
above that.
>
> Anybody using horizontal loops?
>
> Kurt


Kurt,

What are you trying to do with the antenna? Work local, DX,
both, 300 miles? Use it on all bands?

73 Tom




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