PaT
What Mike says is only partially true about receiving antennas .....
Ideal yes ..... but not necessary...especially for a casual family
vacation DXepedition and I think Mike might have missed the part where
you said in DECEMBER, a quieter winter month . I worked well over 100
countries with Inverted L's and no receiving antennas for years. This
year alone I have worked 21 countries and 47 states so far this SUMMER
with an inverted L and no receiving antenna ( over half of those on CW
for you who like to trash FT8) . If you were going to do a contest and
try to be highly competitive then a receiving antenna would be a good
idea to be sure ...Maybe a BOG on the beach 8^). Your biggest challenge
will be being heard at all, running QRP or low power... There are a few
died in the wool low power guys on here who will disagree with me but
160 is a big amp band IMO more so than any other.
Dave
NR1DX
On 8/7/2019 5:02 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
and then you need to be able to hear the people calling so you will
want some kind of receiving antenna.
On 8/7/2019 11:13 AM, Mike Smith VE9AA wrote:
Hi Pat,
Your #1 friend will be 127' of vertical(ish) wire (ie: inverted L)
and a few
ground radial wires or better still 3-4 raised radials and a tall
palm tree,
otherwise I am afraid you'll be sorely disappointed in any kind of short
compromise (loaded) antenna with summer (QRN) condx and QRP and/or LP
(K2 is
15w, correct?).
There's no getting around physics and you're going to be very weak and a
full sized antenna is going to be your best bet to being heard.
GL
Mike VE9AA
Planning on going to some island in the Caribbean this December.
Unless I
find
a friendly ham, will bring along my Elecraft k2 and operate qrp or lp.
Looking
for ideas on an easy to setup small vertical antenna to bring.
N8vw
Mike, Coreen & Corey
Keswick Ridge, NB
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