Good article
LOL Gary you should have seen how well a top loaded 96 foot vertical with 120 radials worked on 80 and 160m. When I decommissioned an old AM site we loaded the antenna up for some fun one fine January night and had a ball blasting into Europe with 100 watts. Prior to that we loaded a 160 foot vertical also with 120 radials but a much better site. It was to become the new AM site and we tried it before we moved and the other site after the move. 100 watts was 40/9 into western Europe on both 80 and 160m . We had a ball those couple nights.
CK: Worked at a site during a shortwave transmitter retrofit many years ago.
The antennas were already erected:
Twin TCI 611 dipole curtains between 185' towers...
One aimed at Africa other at S. Am.....
Hooked up a DRAKE TR-4C couple evenings on 40/20 meters....
Imagine the pile-ups we heard loading 250 watts into these "little" wonders
All the Best
Gary
OK you got me beat. LOL
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