[Elecraft] OT: Small Patio Vertical:

[Julian (G4ILO)]

An elevated vertical probably does work well as you're getting away from 
ground losses - provided you don't mind a darned great lightning conductor 
on your house. :-) I know DXpeditions have used them successfully on the 
sea shore, too. But ground mounted short or trapped verticals using a few 
lengths of wire for a ground don't work well at all.

Verticals appear to be a panacea for people like me who are restricted from 
putting up a decent antenna, but they are not. A short vertical stuck in a 
corner of a suburban garden isn't much better than a dummy load. I'm 
getting better results with a wire loop in my attic than with any outside 
vertical I ever used, even though I also then had the benefit of running 
100 watts. I'm not suggesting full size half waves or rooftop verticals 
won't work better, but the topic of this thread is "Small Patio Vertical." 
I'd love to try one of the Force 12 antennas that have been mentioned, but 
they are way too expensive.

73,
--
Julian, G4ILO. (RSGB, ARRL, G-QRP)
G4ILO's Shack: http://www.qsl.net/g4ilo





  ==== Original message ====

> GOTTA PUT MY TWO CENTS IN ON VERTICALS. OF THE COUNTRIES I HAVE WORKED
> WITH QRP, 166 WERE MADE WITH A CUSHCRAFT R7 VERTICAL - AND VERY QUICKLY
> AT THAT. THEY HAVE NEWER VERSIONS, AND I SUSPECT THE 20 METER AND HIGHER
> VERSION WOULD DO WELL ON A ROOFTOP.
> 73 LYNN KL7IKV