[SJDXA] 160 antennas

[KE2OI]

Bob,

I have been thinking long and hard about the 160 meter antenna situation and I wanted to bounce something off the group.  Lets consider some form of a compromise antenna and test it for field day.  Yes field day, lots of low power signals to the west and southwest to test antennas for the high power signals of next winter in the west.  

How about a full wave sloping dipole to the west with the bottom pulled to ground rather than back to the tower, if this doesnt work well we can rig a pulley and easily pull it back to the tower for reference.    Next, a sloper to the southwest, fed from the bottom with 3 radials, one southwest, one northeast and one southeast.  Lastly, shunt feed one guy wire to the west with 3 radials.  I have never shunt fed but I bet there is enough expertise in the club to do it.

Thats 3 antennas and we can use the vertical in the woods as a reference.  If interested please let me know.  I will start collecting wire for the project.  Tractor supply has some really good stuff.

Not looking to win field day but I bet we could.....just looking for a contest we can use as a reference to fine tune antennas.  Plus we learn of what plays to deploy to the northeast and all other directions

Thoughts?  I like entering to win!

KE2OI John