Off-Topic: Your advice/suggestion about antenna
Posted by
dw-4 on
Mar 13, 2020; 3:37pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Off-Topic-Your-advice-suggestion-about-antenna-tp7658892.html
From what I understand - solid rock below a raised vertical is not the best option for performance.
With an underlying geography of many feet of solid metamorphic rock - that would probably rule out the low angle benefits of vertical antennas.
Consequently, over the years, every 40m vertical I've ever put up has been out-performed by a dipole at .41 wavelength. I've also tried the DX-Half Square and vertical Delta Loop with the same results.
It looks to me like my only option to outperform a 40m dipole - is a tower and (at minimum) a 2EL yagi.
Would that assumption be correct?
Thanks
Duane
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