[Antennas] My thanks ( W8JK antenna)

Wed Feb 16 02:52:34 EST 2011

I'd like to say thanks for the several responses 
to my request for information about the W8JK 
antenna. My situation is that I'm restricted
to mounting removable antennas on my
1½ m x 3½ m metal balcony (top floor) aprox.
12 meters above ground level.
I experiment with all kinds of loops,
verticals, shortened dipoles -
the metal balcony construction, itself, functions as a 
usable all-band antenna on 160-20 and is 
a 1/4 lamda on 160 meters!
I can raise a compact beam to above 
roof level with a 4 meter telescopic 
retractable support. I was toying with the idea
of constructing a shortened element W8JK
because of the o.1 lamda element
spacing. Bidirectionality is not a problem.
Henry,
OZ3A N2NR