Re: Using a MP-1 antenna... a few tips :-)

Posted by Augie "Gus" Hansen on
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Using-a-MP-1-antenna-a-few-tips-tp370807p370809.html

On 10/9/04 10:55 AM, "JEAN-FRANCOIS MENARD" <[hidden email]> wrote:

...
>
> The transmit and receive gain is greatly improved !!! 33 feet is
> approximatively 1/4 wave lenght of a 80M antenna based on frequency
> 3.750 Mhz....
>
...

Hello Jean-Francois,


The 33 foot length is 1/4-wave on 40m. Using 246/3.75 gives about 65.5 feet
for a 1/4-wave radial on 80m. But the 1/8-wave radials you have made do
provide good performance with a short vertical and certainly make for a nice
portable antenna system.

73,
Gus Hansen / KB0YH

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