[Elecraft] 3 element beam

Bill Coleman aa4lr at arrl.net
Sun Oct 9 17:43:35 EDT 2005


On Oct 9, 2005, at 2:16 PM, mc wrote:

> has anyone read the article at ARRL on qrp, recommendations to use  
> a 3 element beam for milliwatt transmission instead of vertical

For QRP, you want to use the best antenna possible, to make the  
maximum use of every watt. A beam certainly has a lot more gain than  
a vertical.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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