I have a friend who I helped install one of these antennas along with 32
radials,
most of which are ~32 feet...some 60ft. Your 4NEC does not reflect real life
what
is seen at the radio end using a 4:1 balun by balun designs. If I remember
correctly the worst SWR was aroun 5:1 but I don't recall what band that was on.
His tuner allowed him to tune on all bands...except maybe 160.
I know many people say it would be no different than just running a 43ft
vertical
wire and employ it in the same fashion....which I suspect is true. But not
everyone has supports available to install a 43ft vertical wire. This is where
this stout vertical really comes into play I think.
I don't have one as I do have some supports available. But if I didn't, I
think I
would try one.
-------------------------
73,
Greg - AB7R
Whidbey Island WA
NA-065
On Thu Nov 20 7:55 , Rick Stealey sent:
>
>Michael,
>It would sure seem to me that a 43 ft vertical is essentially a random length
antenna.
>I saw the web site too where they offer a balun to go with it. "It tunes all
bands"
>they say, WITH YOUR TUNER in the shack, or at the base of the antenna !!!
>I did a quick and dirty check with 4NEC and got 122-j466 at the base on 20
>meters,
>an swr of 38:1 ! A sweep shows an SWR of >9:1 from 7 to 15 MHz.
>On 40 m you get 150+j210, an swr of 9:1
>On 80 you get 17-j257, an swr of 79:1 !!
>So it would seem to me you have a lot of work to do to match this thing at the
base.
>It would not be a good idea to run coax straight into the house with a 79:1 SWR
>and hope a tuner will fix things.
>I know there is a guy in Chicago on 20 meters running one of them with no
>radials
>who comes into NJ 20 over 9 at times and claims no knowledge as to how he does
>it.
>Guys he talks to rave about his rock crushing signal. Wouldn't it be
>interesting to compare his signal in real time with his neighbor running a
>beam, or
>a quarter wave vertical. I mean.... the laws of physics haven't been rewritten
>lately have they, and I missed out on it?
>Rick K2XT
>
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