[Elecraft] Antennas for Field Day

Fri Mar 15 10:52:01 2002

Jeff, I use your Option 1 here with two 88 ft 20-meter Extended Double
Zepps at right angles each fed with ladderline. With the same feedline
lengths, the tuning remains the same for either. This antenna gives 3 dB
gain on 20 meters and works great on 40 as well. I don't know if you keep
up with the QRO-L Fox Hunts, but these antennas have been real "Fox
Gitters" for a couple of years now.

My Field Day experiences over many years have shown that the simpler the
antenna, more time is devoted to operating instead of turning beams,
putting up beams, repairing beams, and general fiddling around with
antennas. Put em up and forget em!

73/72/oo, George W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas         
Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13qe   
Amateur Radio W5YR, in the 56th year and it just keeps getting better!
QRP-L 1373 NETXQRP 6 SOC 262 COG 8 FPQRP 404 TEN-X 11771 I-LINK 11735
Icom IC-756PRO #02121  Kachina 505 DSP  #91900556  Icom IC-765 #02437

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[email protected] wrote:
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> I am planning new antennas for Field Day and could use some advice on what
> configuration will give the best-cost performance ratio.
>