"The Tatras are harsh," as the catchphrase from a certain TV series goes. Harsh even on antennas. Originally, it was possible to hang a wire antenna on a tall red spruce about 90 meters from the building. A pulley system set up by a climber allowed for quick and easy installation of the antenna.
After the red spruce fell, another solution had to be found. This involved an inverted V for 80m with the top at a height of approximately 13m. Unfortunately, installing a tall vertical (26m), which would also be suitable for the top band, is not a permanent solution.
Since the inverted V for 80 m performs well, I built the same type of antenna for 160 m as well. The top is on the same tree at a height of approximately 18 m, and the antenna arms point toward the ground, where they are supported by a thin climbing rope tied to trees about 4 m above the ground. The 80-meter and 160-meter antennas are oriented perpendicular to each other.
During the first measurement, the antenna resonated below the band; after shortening it, it is precisely tuned to 1880 kHz with a bandwidth of about 80 kHz for PSV<2.
Inverted Vee Tree
