[Elecraft] 43' Vertical

[Julius Fazekas]

Ya need a bigger top hat...

I ran my second ARRL160 with a 42' vertical piece of wire and a 130' wire top hat with 30 radials between 30 and 70' long... made the top 10 with it LP. But I don't think it would have played well on 40 and maybe only so-so on 80 without traps. 

By the way you stand out quite well on 160 with whatever you're using Dale :o)

73
j

Julius Fazekas
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--- On Mon, 3/16/09, Dale Putnam <daleputnam at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Dale Putnam <daleputnam at hotmail.com>
> Subject: RE: [Elecraft] 43' Vertical
> To: wrcooke at flash.net, "elecraft at mailman.qth.net" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>, phriendly1 at yahoo.com
> Date: Monday, March 16, 2009, 9:09 PM
> MFJ1793, is a 41 foot vertical, and works with a 20 meter
> element, and a single 80/40 element, a top hat and a steel
> roof adds up to workable on 80 - 15... 
> 
>   NOT on 160. Not even. But quite nice on the rest. 
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> --... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy
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