Re: Off-Topic: Your advice/suggestion about antenna

Posted by Edward R Cole on Mar 14, 2020; 6:14am
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Off-Topic-Your-advice-suggestion-about-antenna-tp7658892p7658911.html

As far as a vertical mounted on solid rock, ever heard of
radials?  Almost all analysis shows angle lowering by copious
addition of radials to a vertical.  I suggest You find the QEX
articles written By  Rudy-N6LF which studied radials
thoroughly.  Even with very short radials my 630m inverted-L gets out
over 2500-miles (at times0.

Another antenna I discovered that I really liked is the Moxon.  I has
the gain of a two-element yagi but works well in almost all
directions (point it toward your favorite direction).  I ran a 6m
moxon at 0.7 wavelength height in CO during a contest and worked all
four borders of the lower 48 states using 150w.  Worked quite well
without turning it (pointed east).

At home I use an inverted-V with center at 40-foot and tails at
20-foot.  Works out to 800 miles very well; works West Coast
(3000-miles) from AK in BP40 with 100w.

73, Ed - KL7UW
   http://www.kl7uw.com
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