Re: vertical antennas you can use on multiple bands with a tuner, are there magic lengths? I would just as soon put up one for "the low bands" and one for "the high bands." Or whatever. I figure the
Mark, I guess a couple of considerations would be the variation in radiation elevation pattern and the feedpoint impedance - can the tuner handle it? If we take as a benchmark a quarter-wave vertical
Hi Mark - A GOOD vertical antenna is perhaps the easiest way to get the low radiation angle you would like for DX'ing. Some of the things you need to keep in mid to get a "good" base fed system inclu
Correction : For the centerfed vertical, it should not be more than 1.25 wavelength at the highest frequency. i.e. like a vertical extended double zepp. - 5/8's wave each side of center. Gene _______
The average vertical has very little low radiation angle, unless next to salt water which fills in the pseudo Brewster angle. I think most of the time you are better off with a horizontal antenna . J
You guys are talking apples and oranges: One of you is speaking about the "AVERAGE VERTICAL" and the other is speaking of a "GOOD VERTICAL": Those aren't the same things, guys! Ken __________________
Very fine, gents. Thanks. Much appreciated. More information: I will be taking a vacation to Belize and will be there for the CQWW CW contest. I will take a 100W radio with an external tuner. I will
Mark: If you would like to read a discussion of the good and bad points of the 43 ft vertical go to www.sdxa.org and click on "articals". The VK link actually puts numbers on the efficiency on variou
Does anyone have a reference study of the QSO-KING 124ft end-fed wire antenna? We played with one this weekend and was surprised how well it heard and was heard on 40 and 60m. 73, Dave Wa3gin --Origi
Here's the signal strength at 10 degrees elevation from a 43ft vertical, referenced to the value on 40m: 30m: +0.8dB 20m: +3.0dB 17m: -0.1dB 15m: -2.2dB 12m: -1.6dB 10m: -1.8dB OK, it falls off a bit
"Here's the signal strength at 10 degrees elevation from a 43ft vertical, referenced to the value on 40m: 30m: +0.8dB 20m: +3.0dB 17m: -0.1dB 15m: -2.2dB 12m: -1.6dB 10m: -1.8dB OK, it falls off a bi
Final decision: for 30-10m I built a 40' long coaxial dipole, ran it up the tube and fed it at the base. I tested it in Sweepstakes and it seemed to work quite nicely, using the exact radio setup and