"Scott Gordon" wrote in message igy.com...
I seen in a recent article showing a Compact T Antenna for 160 Meters.

Tophat is 80 ft long and the T is connected in the center and should be 40ft
long with a 20uH to the feedpoint then the shield to ground.

Has anyone used one of these antennas? I use a Inverted L right now and it
is playing very well but the noise is S9 to 5 Over. I understand the the T
Antenna is a much more quiet antenna?

Nope. Should be little if any difference. The only real difference
will be an overhead null on the T, compared to no null on the L due to
the unbalanced horizontal loading wire. The pattern of the T is much
the same as a monopole.
I use both here. The T is usually the best at any long distance. The
current distribution is much better on my T than on the L. So it has
less ground loss, and is more efficient. My T is about 40 ft tall, and
has 4 60 ft loading wires. "120 ft across". The difference between
using 4 top load wires and 2 top load wires seemed to be pretty small.
MK