DX on 40m

[WB3AAL]

Hello,

 Just worked Bill E51NOU on 7004.3 MHz @ 09:52 UTC.

He is on the South Cook Islands in the South Pacific.

Worked him with my K2 @ 5 watts into the Butternut HF9V on the ground with
120 radials.

72 and Thanks,
Ron Polityka
WB3AAL
www.wb3aal.com
www.n3epa.org/

K1 - SN 01011
K2 - SN 01392


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[David Cutter]

I've heard those Butternuts are good with a good ground - that's the trick with all verticals.  

David
G3UNA

>
> From: "Ron Polityka" <[hidden email]>
> Date: 2006/11/23 Thu AM 10:01:52 GMT
> To: ".Elecraft" <[hidden email]>
> Subject: [Elecraft] DX on 40m
>
> Hello,
>
>  Just worked Bill E51NOU on 7004.3 MHz @ 09:52 UTC.
>
> He is on the South Cook Islands in the South Pacific.
>
> Worked him with my K2 @ 5 watts into the Butternut HF9V on the ground with
> 120 radials.
>
> 72 and Thanks,
> Ron Polityka
> WB3AAL
> www.wb3aal.com
> www.n3epa.org/
>
> K1 - SN 01011
> K2 - SN 01392
>
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[Craig Smith]

Congratulations, Ron, on the South Cook Islands!   Still on my "to get"
list.

Yes, ground mounted with lots of radials works well.  But for those
intimidated with all the space and trenching needed for the radials, there
is an easy option - raise the vertical and use a counterpoise wire.  I also
worked 40 meter DX this morning.  Worked EH1YAQ in Spain from Colorado with
my K2 at 10W with a BuddiPole vertical.  Have the feedpoint raised up on a
pole at 10 ft and used a single 32 ft counterpoise wire with the far end on
a stake about 3 ft above the ground.  This arrangement has been working well
for me, and is easy and quick to set up on a portable basis.

Keep up the good DX!!

          73
                   .... Craig  AC0DS




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[Craig Smith]

<>     What you worked was eS1yaq, South Cook Islands.

Thanks, John.  I figured it out after reading the other post.  Guess I
should have my coffee BEFORE listening to CW  ;>)     And I'm happy with the
S. Cook Is.  Spain can wait  ;>)

The really amazing thing is the performance of these K2s !!


73
          ... Craig   AC0DS



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[Doug Person]

I recently took down a monster beam.  Its performance was not much
better than my collection of dipoles - mainly due to its low height of
25 feet.  It was mounted on a short tower on top of my one-story
garage.  I couldn't leave that short tower empty for the winter.  I have
built and used many ground-mounted verticals.  Never with any
satisfactory performance.  I built a full-size 20 meter vertical and
mounted it on the mast where the beam had been.  I attached 4
quarter-wave radials spaced evenly at 90 degrees.  When I checked it
with my MFJ 259 I was delighted to find full-band coverage with an SWR
below 1.5:1 or less.  After an hour or so of tuning around and comparing
signals to my 3-band trap dipole, it was clear that the new vertical was
working extremely well.  Low-angle signals were clearly stronger on the
vertical and overall performance was at least as good as the dipole.  An
elevated vertical seems to be vastly better than a ground-mounted
vertical - my last one had 32 radials and was still not very good.  But
maybe with a 120 radials like Ron's and a ground-mounted vertical starts
to perform.

72, Doug -- KØDXV

Craig D. Smith wrote:

> Congratulations, Ron, on the South Cook Islands!   Still on my "to get"
> list.
>
> Yes, ground mounted with lots of radials works well.  But for those
> intimidated with all the space and trenching needed for the radials, there
> is an easy option - raise the vertical and use a counterpoise wire.  I also
> worked 40 meter DX this morning.  Worked EH1YAQ in Spain from Colorado with
> my K2 at 10W with a BuddiPole vertical.  Have the feedpoint raised up on a
> pole at 10 ft and used a single 32 ft counterpoise wire with the far end on
> a stake about 3 ft above the ground.  This arrangement has been working well
> for me, and is easy and quick to set up on a portable basis.
>
> Keep up the good DX!!
>
>           73
>                    .... Craig  AC0DS
>
>
>
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[Jim K4ZMV]

Congrats, Ron.  I, too, have worked Cook Islands with my K2.  I also worked
XF4DL on all bands with the K2.  I am using a ground mounted GAP Voyager
vertical.  Verticals get a lot of bad press, but I am very happy with mines
performance.  I'll admit that phased arrays and yagis mounted at least a
half wave length in heighth will outperform a single vertical with radials.
However, you can still be heard and many times beat the herd in the pileups
if you listen and find out where the DX is listening.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Person" <[hidden email]>
To: <[hidden email]>
Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] DX on 40m

>I recently took down a monster beam.  Its performance was not much better
>than my collection of dipoles - mainly due to its low height of 25 feet.
>It was mounted on a short tower on top of my one-story garage.  I couldn't
>leave that short tower empty for the winter.  I have built and used many
>ground-mounted verticals.  Never with any satisfactory performance.  I
>built a full-size 20 meter vertical and mounted it on the mast where the
>beam had been.  I attached 4 quarter-wave radials spaced evenly at 90
>degrees.  When I checked it with my MFJ 259 I was delighted to find
>full-band coverage with an SWR below 1.5:1 or less.  After an hour or so of
>tuning around and comparing signals to my 3-band trap dipole, it was clear
>that the new vertical was working extremely well.  Low-angle signals were
>clearly stronger on the vertical and overall performance was at least as
>good as the dipole.  An elevated vertical seems to be vastly better than a
>ground-mounted vertical - my last one had 32 radials and was still not very
>good.  But maybe with a 120 radials like Ron's and a ground-mounted
>vertical starts to perform.
>
> 72, Doug -- KØDXV
>
> Craig D. Smith wrote:
>> Congratulations, Ron, on the South Cook Islands!   Still on my "to get"
>> list.
>>
>> Yes, ground mounted with lots of radials works well.  But for those
>> intimidated with all the space and trenching needed for the radials,
>> there
>> is an easy option - raise the vertical and use a counterpoise wire.  I
>> also
>> worked 40 meter DX this morning.  Worked EH1YAQ in Spain from Colorado
>> with
>> my K2 at 10W with a BuddiPole vertical.  Have the feedpoint raised up on
>> a
>> pole at 10 ft and used a single 32 ft counterpoise wire with the far end
>> on
>> a stake about 3 ft above the ground.  This arrangement has been working
>> well
>> for me, and is easy and quick to set up on a portable basis.
>>
>> Keep up the good DX!!
>>
>>           73
>>                    .... Craig  AC0DS
>>
>>
>>
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[David Cutter]

The single raised radial also puts a few dB in that direction.

David
G3UNA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig D. Smith" <[hidden email]>
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Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 1:34 PM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] DX on 40m


Congratulations, Ron, on the South Cook Islands!   Still on my "to get"
list.

Yes, ground mounted with lots of radials works well.  But for those
intimidated with all the space and trenching needed for the radials, there
is an easy option - raise the vertical and use a counterpoise wire.  I also
worked 40 meter DX this morning.  Worked EH1YAQ in Spain from Colorado with
my K2 at 10W with a BuddiPole vertical.  Have the feedpoint raised up on a
pole at 10 ft and used a single 32 ft counterpoise wire with the far end on
a stake about 3 ft above the ground.  This arrangement has been working well
for me, and is easy and quick to set up on a portable basis.

Keep up the good DX!!

          73
                   .... Craig  AC0DS




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