[EIDXA] 80 and 160 Antennas by W3LPL

[Joe Hetrick]

The one thing about acres.. some of them need tending!  I need to get mobleHF on my mower...or maybe a K3-R!

VKN



On 13 Jun 22:50, Jim Spencer wrote:
> Nelson,
> 
> Thanks for the response with your real life experiences.  With a
> little thinking I should have known what was totally unacceptable to
> W3LPL might actually work well enough for the Little Pistols to make
> a few contacts.  If I had my life to live over I would have had
> acres and acres in the low noise country.  Of course I would have
> done a lot of other things differently.  I have fewer than 20
> countries on 160 and none of them are very far away. Each contact is
> a miracle!
> 
> Perhaps Dewey shouldn't sell his mag loop although he also has a
> receiving 4-square to put up and it sounds like that is a lot better
> antenna.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> 73,  Jim  WØSR
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Nelson Moyer
> Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2016 10:23 PM
> To: EIDXA at qth.net
> Subject: Re: [EIDXA] 80 and 160 Antennas by W3LPL
> 
> Jim et. al.
> 
> Antenna performance is relative. For me, it's relative to what will fit in
> my back yard (60 x 70 ft.) without exceeding an FAA imposed height
> restriction of 54 ft. In my 160 meter experience (13 years, 135 entities)
> the rotatable Waller flag and the rotatable 5 ft. square mag loop are a
> toss-up. Sometimes one works better; sometimes the other works better.
> Before dismissing the mag loop entirely, consider whether or not you can fit
> anything bigger on your lot. For me, verticals for 160 are impossible (refer
> to the comment re FAA restriction). So are high wire antennas. My 160
> transmitting antenna is an inverted L (actually an inverted dog leg) that
> runs up the 48 ft. tower to 42 ft., then North to a pole on the back fence
> at 28 ft., then East to another 28 ft. pole on the back fence at the corner
> of the lot. Did I mention that I live in Iowa City about a mile from
> University Hospital and all the power line noise and other interference
> typical of urban life?
> 
> If your goal is to work DXCC on 160, that's enough transmitting and receive
> antennas to accomplish your goal, but you can forget about being a serious
> contender on 160 meters for the Challenge. Meanwhile, don't sell your mag
> loop. Any 160 meter DX'er of limited means (and some well endowed DX'er as
> well) will tell you that you can never have too many receive antennas for
> 160 meters.
> 
> Nelson, KU0A
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EIDXA [mailto:eidxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Spencer
> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 12:31 PM
> To: EIDXA <eidxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [EIDXA] 80 and 160 Antennas by W3LPL
> 
> A truly great presentation on 80 and 160 meter antennas can be found at:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux5UoiYyKNM.  It is a presentation Frank
> made to the Frankford Radio Club in January and he really covers the field.
> The presentation covers ALL low-band receiving and transmitting antennas,
> not just those at super-station W3LPL.
> 
> Two things are interesting to note:
>    -Small mag loop antennas are not good receiving antennas for DX
>    -The Flex 6700 is not a contest radio
> 
> Of course, it is about much more than these items.
> 
> Thanks again to Dewey, W0YWW, for pointing this out to me.  By the way,
> Dewey has a brand new never-out-of-the-box small mag loop receiving antenna
> for sale!
> 
> 73,  Jim WØSR
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