[Antennas] Re: full wave INV-L for 160m
Brian Cake
bcake at bellsouth.net
Tue Mar 4 16:58:37 EST 2008
Roy, K6XK, is right. The only function of the horizontal wire is to bring the antenna to resonance. The antenna is basically a short vertical radiator loaded by the horizontal wire, and the minimum total wire length needed to bring it to resonance is a quarter wavelength. The next length that works is three-quarter wavelength, not full wavelength.
Keep it simple!
73, Brian KF2YN
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