Re: Vertical antennas
Posted by
Chris Kantarjiev K6DBG on
Mar 03, 2007; 5:26pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Re-Vertical-antennas-tp444447.html
> 6. Don't expect very good performance on 80M. The antenna is short
> and you are unlikely to be able to put in a good enough ground system
> to make it very efficient. Still, it is better than no antenna.
Then again, you might have better performance than you expect. I don't
have room on my roof for 80m radials, so I don't have any on my 6BTV.
I put it up when I only had a KX1, so I didn't care.
I got my K2 on the air shortly after the antenna, and started finding
that 80m was sometimes useful when no other bands were. Performance
isn't *great* by any means, but I worked VK9 with 5W last month!
The Hustler antennas are compromise antennas. But they are better
than no antenna ... a *lot* better. Very good value for money.
73 de chris K6DBG
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