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Update April 2009:

We are back on 80m again with an Inverted L antenna.

The old 160m antenna finally broke down in March, just before the CQ WW WPX SSB contest. It has now been rebuilt to be a 12 meter high Inverted L for 80m.

It seems to operate quite well.

Update January 2008:

We have no antenna on 80m any longer.

Not even the reduced heigh of 12 meters and twice the specified guying could make the Titanex vertical withstand the weather conditions at our QTH. It finally broke down. The remaining of the antenna will be converted into aquarter wave ground plane for 40m.

Update October 2006:

We finally had to give in. The antenna just can't stand the wind at the QTH!

The antenna is now converted into an inverted L antenna, with the vertical part about 15 meters high. The radial systems remains the same, and the antenna seems to working just as good as the 1/4-wave vertical.

So far, it seems to be handling the wind satisfactory.

Summer 2006:

Titanex V160S

The 80 meter antenna is a V80S from Titanex. 20 meter high.

The radial system consists of 300 radials, with approximately 4,5 km of wire. In addition there are about 220 square meters of poultry net, in selected directions. The directions for North America and Far East/Japan (and VK/ZL) are given priority. Radials/poultry net in these directions are more than a 1/4-wave long! Within a SWR of 1,7:1 the antenna covers the entire band!

The antenna works very well, but to be able to enjoy the complete satisfaction of the antenna, we will need a separate RX antenna.

The house and the two verticals

The antenna is erected about 90 meters from the shoreline, and faces sea water from 180 to 270 degrees. 80m vertical in the background, 160m antenna in the foreground.