"My question is: What is better for top, with non ideal ground/counterpoise (i normally park the motor home in good soil, and deploy 4 + quarter wave roof height radials). 1) 30 ft vertical linear lo
"With that in mind, I'd rate a linear loaded (helical loading) antenna dead last." == I consider a linear loaded antenna to be a conductor formed into a hairpin type of configuration, not a conductor
Actually a linear loaded antenna (assuming a helical wire the whole length) has about the same radiation resistance as somewhere between base and center loading. It ranks in somewhere that area for
We certainly have some vague or nebulous definitions in common use Earl!! Even if we are talking about linear loading as a folded section or hairpin, and not a continuously wound linear-loaded verti
Hi folks I experimented in many overnight car trips some inv L and short = verticals for low bands with excellent results. In one specific trip i = phone qso'd in 80m during an entire night trailing