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ORAWA01 · 5th Nov 2019, 11:24 pm

Tried a few different configuration with the wire for the band.

A 40m long wire in inverted L configuration with counterpoise 7 meters above the ground with ATU seems working ok on 160m band.
Worked an OY station in Faroe Islands on the band last night. RST was 599/559. Tonight, the band was noisier and not as good as last night, but still worked a LB in Norway with 579/559. A couple of nights ago, worked into Germany on SSB with DK1NO as well. He must have a large DX antenna, as his signal was 59+20. He gave me 58 for my report.
https://www.qsl.net/dk1no/

This wire also tunes on 80m, 40m and 20m quite well. Works well on 40 and 20m bands, but not so good on 80m band. It tunes OK on 3750khz, but couldn't hear half the stations in the net.

A good things is that, it didn't cost me anything for this long wire antenna, as I pulled out a lump of old wire from the garden shed, joined them up, measured into the length and put it up.

5th Nov 2019, 11:24 pm	#28
ORAWA01 Hexode Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Stirlingshire, UK. Posts: 407	Re: Top band 1.8Mhz antennas Tried a few different configuration with the wire for the band. A 40m long wire in inverted L configuration with counterpoise 7 meters above the ground with ATU seems working ok on 160m band. Worked an OY station in Faroe Islands on the band last night. RST was 599/559. Tonight, the band was noisier and not as good as last night, but still worked a LB in Norway with 579/559. A couple of nights ago, worked into Germany on SSB with DK1NO as well. He must have a large DX antenna, as his signal was 59+20. He gave me 58 for my report. https://www.qsl.net/dk1no/ This wire also tunes on 80m, 40m and 20m quite well. Works well on 40 and 20m bands, but not so good on 80m band. It tunes OK on 3750khz, but couldn't hear half the stations in the net. A good things is that, it didn't cost me anything for this long wire antenna, as I pulled out a lump of old wire from the garden shed, joined them up, measured into the length and put it up. Last edited by ORAWA01; 5th Nov 2019 at 11:42 pm.