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Experiments with 160m antennas - Experimentin wire antennas on top band using several type of aerials. This includes a 40 to 160 meters EndFed Half Wave kite antennas and 160m/80m loaded vertical antenna.
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80m Inverted-L Base-loaded for 160m - 80m Inverted-L Antenna, Base-loaded for 160m antenna. This antenna is not a good DX antenna however within small garden where true DX antennas would be impossible it has performed very well.
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160m 80m Vertical Antenna - A dual band vertical antenna for 160 and 80 meters band, on a 18m spiderbeam fiberglass pole. This vertical is a good compromise when you want good performance on these two low ham bands and don't have the space to install two seperate antennas.
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Magnetic Loop Antennas for 40-80-160m - This magnetic loop DIY site is ment to be an introduction into making DX high quality magnetic loop antennas that will beat any dipole
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Magnetic Loop 600 KHz-4MHz - The antenna is built on a cross-shaped frame with spar width (and height) of 48 inches, providing a height of 52 inches and a width of 49 inches. This antenna costs only about $45 to construct and can be built in just a few hours using simple hand tools. The best part is that the performance on 160M and 80M is excellent
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UR5WT WebSDR on 80m - This WEBSDR runs on Raspberry PI4-8G, Afedri-Net RX for 160m, RTL-SDR stick with homemade SBL1 mixer upconverter and fullsize 160m Delta loop antenna 4m up. Operated from Ukraine by UR5WT, US5WE and UX5DH,
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The battle with massive RFI problems in the shack - This fall/winter 2 events has happened at about the same exact time. I finally got around to putting up an end fed long wire for 80M (and maybe 160M) The fridge big the bullet and we ended up purchasing a new fridge.
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