[Boatanchors] Valiant on 160, Antenna Opinion

[Bob Wilder]

I used the 80-10 meter version to work all states on 75 and 40 SSB using 
less that 100 watts

At 12:53 PM 8/12/2005 -0400, w6om at cox.net wrote:


>I agree with Bob
>
>The 450 ohm ladder line Zepp works well, is cheap to build, can be 
>soldered together in 30 minutes and has a bit of gain on 75 AM.
>
>Enjoy
>
>Ron W6OM
>
> >
> > From: Bob Wilder <bwils at bellsouth.net>
> > Date: 2005/08/12 Fri AM 11:38:37 EDT
> > To: "Freeberg, Scott (STP)" <Scott.Freeberg at guidant.com>
> > CC: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Valiant on 160, Antenna Opinion
> >
> > I have a suggestion that may help.  Replace the 135ft of wire with 450 Ohm
> > ladder line.  Short each end and open the center on one side and feed with
> > 450 Ohm ladder line and cut the other side in the center and leave the
> > other side open.  Feed the ladder line feed to a 4:1 balun to your
>
> > tuner.  What you will end up with will be  linear loaded double extended
> > Zepp for 160-10 meters that will show gain.  I have used them for years 
> and
> > they work better that a dipole.
> >
> >
> >
> > At 11:10 AM 8/12/2005 -0400, Todd, KA1KAQ wrote:
> >
> > >On 8/12/05, Freeberg, Scott (STP) <Scott.Freeberg at guidant.com> wrote:
> > ><snip>
> > > > To that end, I'm thinking about adding as much wire to the antenna 
> that
> > > I can to get closer to 160.  Its currently an 80 meter dipole around
> > > 135', fed with 450 ohm ladder line.  I use it as an allband antenna with
> > > the Johnson KW Matchbox.   I might be able to add 30' to 40' to each 
> end,
> > > resulting in more like 200'.  While I realize it isn't 260', 200' is 
> alot
> > > closer to 260' than 135' is.  Then maybe the Heathkit SA2060A will 
> have a
> > > better chance of tuning.
> > > >
> > > > Does this sound reasonable, anyone doing this, or am I terribly 
> confused?
> > >
> > >Scott -
> > >
> > >How about using the space for a long, end fed wire? You're already
> > >using open wire feeders, so it should give you a good stretch of wire
> > >in the air.
> > >
> > >de Todd/'Boomer'  KA1KAQ
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