[ICOM] AH4 tuner on 160m

[Cletus W Whitaker]

de WB2CPN South Central Pennsylvania   2004.05.16

I've used the AH-4 on a 170 feet ladder-line dipole on
160 meters.  The antenna was mainly for the other bands.
Now I'm using a end-fed wire about 75 feet long on all
bands, including the time on 160 meters.  The ground is
the well stem pipe about 60 feet deep.

The main consideration is not so much what length of wire
the AH-4 will resonate, but how does 160 meters react to
lengths which are somewhat less than a half-wave dipole,
or a quarter or 5/8 vertical.  The length of the wire is
more important than whether an AH-4 or some other method
of coils and capacitors are used to resonate the antenna.

Let us know how you make out.   73   Clete