[Elecraft] Windom Antennas

Fri Jun 6 18:09:02 2003

Yith 16 radials I normally get excellent reports and it is far quieter
then my long wire was less noise on the vertical but sig strength is
the same on recieve

--- "Bob Lewis (AA4PB)" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > ...the joke about verticals is "radiate equally poorly in all
> directions".
> 
> I think verticals get this "bad rap" because the typical ham doesn't
> install them correctly. No good radial or counterpoise system - shove
> an 8-foot rod in the ground and call it "grounded".  I wonder how
> well
> a dipole would perform if you only put up half of it.
> 
> The bottom line - it's usually easier to put up a "good" horizontal
> antenna than it is to install a "good" vertical.
> 
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Harry - AB2PN

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