[600MRG] [Lowfer] Photo of my antenna

[William E. Isakson]

upside down vertical.   Is the base of the antenna grounded?
Bill

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Bill Isakson     AC6QV
Roseburg, Oregon USA
bill.isakson at gmail.com



On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 10:48 AM, Andy - KU4XR via Lowfer <
lowfer at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> Hi all:
>
> Just for the fun of showing this.. Sometimes it's interesting to see what
> the other guy is using .. My antenna is
> certainly a off brand of anything named .. hi hi !! - I think I will call
> it my " cobbled together sorta Inverted - L " ..
>
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/49203948/Antenna%20at%20KU4XR.jpg
>
> It is what used to be my 160 meter OCF dipole .. the 160 foot top load was
> the back leg of the OCF .. I added
> the extra 100 foot top load to make the " fan " section top loading .. For
> reasons I don't know, this configuration
> has resulted in 2 S-units less noise, and better weak signal reception ..
> My 160 meter Transmissions are
> better, and reception below 500 KHz is considerably improved .. The top
> loading is going across my yard..
> No radials that really matter in the antenna field - a few short ones at
> my ground rod next to the window ..
>
> 73 all:
>
> Andy - KU4XR
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