Yeah, what gets me about these 160 meter dipoles is that they require a huge height to become optimal. Otherwise if they are installed at the minimum height, you've got a omnidirectional cloud warmer wasting away transmitter power and DX loss - just because of a poor propagation angle and the wrong height.
Also, $100 paid out -or less- for an antenna build requireing a huge space (preferrably a north to south wire direction as well) so that east to west can be established (hard to do). And, either perfectly located super tall trees to provide this necessary height AND spacing - or a pocketful of money to put up 140 ft towers where you want/need them.
No wonder it is such an expensive hobby. Inventiveness and ingenuity cannot always be realized. Some operators/situations just don't allow what N2ITH has going for him at his QTH.
Take some pictures when you get it up and together, I really want to see them.
Also, $100 paid out -or less- for an antenna build requireing a huge space (preferrably a north to south wire direction as well) so that east to west can be established (hard to do). And, either perfectly located super tall trees to provide this necessary height AND spacing - or a pocketful of money to put up 140 ft towers where you want/need them.
No wonder it is such an expensive hobby. Inventiveness and ingenuity cannot always be realized. Some operators/situations just don't allow what N2ITH has going for him at his QTH.
Take some pictures when you get it up and together, I really want to see them.