Merlin-7 KI4ILB wrote:
#1 A long wire with the shield of the coax grounded to the tower at the feed
point with the center of the coax connected to a long wire cut for mid band
on 160.

Why not turn your tower into an inverted-L and
gamma feed it? The tower plus the wire connected
at the top would need to be about 130 feet.

Otherwise, go with the dipole. The above #1 antenna,
as described without modifications, would not work
very well.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com