Hi All
Last week I was on an extended camping trip and thought I would
take the rig along to pass the time. I wasn't sure what type of antenna
to use, so I did some experimenting.
The first antenna was an elevated 20 meter ground plane with the
base about 10 feet in the air. It seemed to work real well as worked
some good stuff on it. Not being satisfied, I took it down and put up a
delta loop at about 30 feet. It didn't work nearly as well as the
elevated 20 meter G.P. with 4 radials. I've seen posts on the reflector
about elevated GP's but I didn't think the elevated GP would work that
much better than the delta loop. I think I'll raise the verticals I
have here and see if they work better. 73
Tom W7WHY
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