Vic,
I have the Moxon book, both editions. I was intrigued by the same
comments so I tried it many years ago up in the mountains near LA with
good results. Then I tried it at our cabin in Carmel Valley.
At the cabin I have used an inverted vee up about 10' above the deck,
a shortened portable vertical by Superantennas, and a Buddipole up on
the deck of our cabin in Carmel Valley. Deck is about 12' above
steeply sloping ground with clear view from the SW around to the SE at
3000 ft. elevation. Sloping ground in every direction except for the
ridge uphill directly to the south.
Over the years I have had tremendous results from there even with the
compromise shortened or loaded antennas from Buddipole and W6MMA. I
have to rely on solar charged batteries, so I rarely have much power.
I used to lug a marine battery, but now mostly smaller gel cells. 7AH
and 17AH. The most is 50W SSB, and usually 5-10W SSB and CW to
conserve battery life.
I have broken pileups into Africa on SSB and CW, worked DX worldwide,
had great fun during field days working nearly all states in casual
operation, and just generally had a great time operating from there. I
have even worked into NM and Texas on 75M SSB with only 25W, all of NA
with 20W SSB on 40M &Up. Rigs are usually a K2 or an FT-817. If I can
hear them, I can almost always work them.
In 2002 I worked all continents on 10M SSB with an FT-817 in one
afternoon of casual operation. I remember the gent in Japan was
astounded when I told him I was QRP! South Pacific, Asia, and Europe
are a breeze on 20M and up from there. Africa and Middle East are a
bit tougher, but I've done it regularly. North and South America are
super easy from 40M and up. All of the US on 75M with 50W.
I've found that it doesn't take much of a drop to help quite a lot.
I've operated pedestrian portable from a residential hilltop in
Pasadena. There is a vacant lot, and a steep drop of a few hundred
feet near a turnout in the road facing East. I've had good results
there too.
If the horizontal dipole is in the clear and up at least 10-20' with
sloping ground, it is a great performer, as is a vertical!
If you need more info, just let me know.
Cheers, es 73
Ken N6TZV
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