[Elecraft] Using a MP-1 antenna... a few tips :-)

[Augie Hansen]

On 10/9/04 10:55 AM, "JEAN-FRANCOIS MENARD" <jfmenard at mac.com> wrote:

...
> 
> The transmit and receive gain is greatly improved !!! 33 feet is
> approximatively 1/4 wave lenght of a 80M antenna based on frequency
> 3.750 Mhz....
> 
...

Hello Jean-Francois,


The 33 foot length is 1/4-wave on 40m. Using 246/3.75 gives about 65.5 feet
for a 1/4-wave radial on 80m. But the 1/8-wave radials you have made do
provide good performance with a short vertical and certainly make for a nice
portable antenna system.

73,
Gus Hansen / KB0YH