In article
, BMJ
wrote:

I use mine mainly for working satellites.

That sounds great, were no satellites when I was active.

Another thing I want to do is to get a quarter-wave antenna
up for the 160 meter band, to shove a ground wave.

I think that would be a vertical about 132 feet high, I had
better check the local FAA/FCC regulations in these mountains,
to see if that is legal for the helicopters that sometimes
cruise this area.

Probably not legal, so better think in terms of a top-loaded
vertical about 60 feet high, voltage-fed at the ground end.

In the old days I shoved a ground-wave 400 miles, from a
10 foot whip antenna on the rear end of a sailboat, with 10 watts.

A decent antenna should do much better.

Mark