[160m] antennas

[Tom Rauch]

> Thanks for the answers. I do think I'm going to have some 
> problems
> though because I have some 78KV(?) power lines not a 
> hundred yards from
> the place.  We'll see what happens after I get a real 
> antenna up.


Mike,

Power lines almost always make some noise, and the problems 
increase with either construction errors of higher voltage. 
The only real way to know is to see what happens when you 
install an antenna.

Horizontal antennas like a dipole that is well balanced have 
the advantage of suppressing local signals or groundwave. 
Any noise from more than a few hundred feet away is 
suppressed much more with a horizontal antenna like a dipole 
than a vertical.

In close, closer than a few hundred feet, anything can 
happen. All bets are off.

The best advice is to just install an antenna and see what 
happens. If you are happy that is all that is important.

73 Tom