Not for topband, but I'm working on a 3 element helical vertical
dipole yagi array for 40M. I wonder if anyone else has tried this?
That's a mouthfull, isn't it? :)

Jeff N6GQ

On 6/28/07, Phil <m0vey@...> wrote:
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> Not a great deal of activity during the summer. Although, I am still
> on 1.972 every evening except Saturday 6.30pm onwards, for an hour or
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> I wonder if anyone has homebrewed a Helical ready for
> the Topband winter season? I am still having good results with my
> latest Helical & the background noise level is still relatively low.
> Not heard much activity from the Hebridean Net on 1.957 so will
> look forward to being able to operate in darkness during the winter
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> Good luck to all who are experimenting with antennas for
> 160m. I would be interested to hear from anyone with any success of
> making a Helical or other antenna for 160m
> Regards,
> Phil. m0vey
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