[Elecraft] N6KR FD report

[Leigh L. Klotz, Jr.]

Wayne,

What radial did you use on 40m for the 50ft random wire?  33ft, 33ft 
shortened for ground coupling, or random length?

Background: I have tried using your recommendation of 28ft for the 
center conductor and band-switching with 16, 24, or 33 ft on the ground 
for the radial.  Bonnie KQ6XA recomends a radial 10-15% shorter than 1/4 
lamda if it is not elevated, but I found 1.2:1 with the ATU, and don't 
have the RF Ammeter (or light bulb) that K6ACJ Bill used to verify those 
length recommendations.

On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:18am, wayne burdick wrote:
> My big takeaway from the weekend is that a longer, partly-horizontal 
> random wire is more effective than 25' of wire straight up, at least 
> for 40 m daytime operation. With the vertical wire, I missed some 
> contacts. On Sunday I put up 50' of wire, of which over half was 
> horizontal, and had much better luck on 40.
73,
WA5ZNU Leigh