Re: Less Than Perfect Antennas

Posted by Ignacy on Dec 10, 2018; 7:32pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Re-Less-Than-Perfect-Antennas-tp7646930p7647044.html

I used about 90 ft of wire 20 ft up and 2 20 ft sloping radials, all
connected to K2 directly. I was able to work many stations on 80m SSB in a
200 mile radius.

All wire "concoctions" can be treated as a dipole but not necessarily fed in
the middle. So they are likely 1) very inefficient when fed by coax 2)
require a balun because of off-center feeding especially if the radio is not
battery operated, 3) are not good for DX unless they are high enough, and 4)
they may be directional where they are > 1/2 wave because of strong lobes.  

Ignacy, NO9E



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