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Building an effective 160/80 meter antenna

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Building an effective 160/80 meter antenna presents numerous challenges for radio amateurs, especially for those living in urban areas. This video, hosted by Mike (KA4CDN) and Andrew (K3NHT), provides a few suggestions for lower HF band antennas. If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ_YYqWfW7I This is post 2796 in a continuing series of simple ham radio antennas. Here are some comments from Mike and Andrew: Join Mike, KA4CDN as he provides an overview his 160/80 meter “Inverted-L”, low band wire antenna that is easy to build and suitable for installation on a relativity small lot. He will provide an overview of the modeling, installation, performance measurements and QSO results he’s achieved with this interesting antenna design. Vienna Wireless Society is one of the largest and most active Amateur Radio clubs in Northern Virginia. To learn more, please visit Club's web site: http://viennawirel