[Elecraft] Low antennas in high places

[EricJ]

Vic,
I have noticed the effect in the San Jacinto Mtns east of here. I was at
around 8000'. I layed out my end-fed wire as a sloper with the low end
pointing east on relatively flat terrain at the campground. I later moved it
so that it sloped from the edge of a drop off down to a scrubby tree on an
outcropping, with the far (low) end still east. Subjectively, it heard
better...maybe an S-unit. I think I first heard about the idea in an issue
of the Adventure Radio Society magazine (www.arsqrp.com). You would have to
search through back issues, but I'm pretty sure it's there. If I run across
it, I'll send you the URL.

Eric
KE6US
www.ke6us.com

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Vic K2VCO
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 11:14 AM
To: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: [Elecraft] Low antennas in high places

I would like to correspond with anyone who has tried portable QRP operation
from a high location, using a low horizontal antenna at the edge of a sharp
dropoff.

In the Moxon antenna book (chapter 10), he says that a simple dipole or
inverted vee at a low height in such a location can show excellent gain at
low angles.  I have an great application for this, if it really works!

--
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco
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