The photographer Fred Picker was asked a lot of questions where the people
should have just tried it first. He had a big red stamp that just said "TRY
IT!" He would just stamp their letter with the stamp, sign it "Sincerely,
Fred Picker" and send it back to them.
:-)
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On Thu, Sep 19, 2024 at 10:55 AM Mike Fatchett W0MU <w0mu@w0mu.com> wrote:
> You won't know till you try something.
>
> On 9/19/2024 2:40 AM, VE7MHI John D Erskine via CQ-Contest wrote:
> > On 2024.08.29 07:42, Joe wrote:
> >> I have gotten from many people comments saying to avoid any of the
> >> OCF Dipole designs, because of Noise. Especially the probable higher
> >> level of noise because the place is an "EOC". (Lots of Computers)
> >>
> >> They say a OCFD is much more susceptible to letting these noises in.
> >>
> >> Yes? NO?
> >>
> >> At my home, Noise I have no background in on it being a problem.
> >> It is sooo quiet here that even on a full sized 40 meter elevated
> >> vertical,
> >> I can have the second level pre amp on, and in an empty spot on any
> >> band,
> >> the S meter sits at S-0 or maybe tickling up to a max of S-1
> >>
> >> Joe WB9SBD
> >
> > I dunno Joe. I used a Garant Enterprises GD-8 Windom antenna for about
> > six years, when I had the space. (~137')
> >
> > I was able to listen well down into Lowfer territory, looking for
> > navigation beacons and such. Was in NW Ontario, and worked coast to
> > coast on 80 m during the PowWow Club. Worked Resolute Bay, CI8C during
> > the Transpolar Ski Trek.
> >
> > For what you're asking though, I haven't seen any mention of
> > territory/roof space available to you.
> >
> > Recently, and portable, I've been putting up a doublet. Mine is
> > nominally for 40 m and up, however if you've space you might size it
> > for 80 m. (Mine is relatively low, wire measured as for a 40 m dipole,
> > fed with ladder line, and for the moment a Kenwood AT-230 AMU.)
> >
> > Other choices might be a large folded dipole, and not last by any
> > means, a large horizontal loop around the perimeter of the roof line.
> >
> > All the best deciding, however I'd just try a few different things
> > before settling on something. I remind our newer folks, "It's not
> > likely to be your last antenna/rig/____."
> >
> > 73, John
>
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