TLV80 Top Loaded Vertical Antenna

is doing a good job for DX on 80 m band (3.520 MHz)



Impedance Magnitude Z, Reactance X, Resistance R     Z - X - R

Sphere
Stainless steel-wire (1mm diameter) 20 segments
Mesh (Kupferdrahtnetz)
The ground mesh should be a square of  3x3 meters




The weight of this portable VERTICAL is less than 1kg, including the ground mesh.
The weight of the telescoping fiberglass fishing pole is another 1kg.
The pole expands from 1.5 meters to 8 meters.

Top Load & Fiberglass Mast