Author: Robb Webb Proprietor of Robb Webb Photography <robb@robbwebbphotography.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 12:07:03 +0000
Good day fellow Topband Experimenters. When it comes to antennas I am a keen experimenter but technically a suck it and see merchant rather than a design pro so I ask for your expert opinions. I live
Many DXpedition organizers on oceanfronts speak highly of vertical dipoles or arrays of vertical dipoles for 40M/30M/20M. I'm not sure I've ever seen any of these have the advantage of a cliff to do
Robb, I assume you do not have a 130 foot support at the edge of the cliff. Perhaps you have a loaded dipole? If you think the cliff will block your signal in the most desired directions, you will ha
I have a small cabin and station on a mountain top. My experience is that horizontal antennas set right at a cliff face act as if they are much higher than their towers to the point that real towers
On Thu,12/3/2015 4:07 AM, Robb Webb Proprietor of Robb Webb Photography wrote: I live near a high cliff overlooking the sea. The cliff faces south, is a good 100ft high and is made up of mud and clay
Hi, Robb The antenna will still need some kind of counterpoise, one possibility being radials. Radials are not the only form of counterpoise. An alternative useful to this specific case is an FCP, sh