[Elecraft] RE: [QRP-L] Wow, antennas really do matter

[Dale Putnam]

Congratulation Chris, you are well on the way now. Look out WAS, and for 
that matter DXCC.
No problem. I'll offer advice and any distant help I can, if you want, 
antennas are a passion of mine.
--...   ...--
Dale - WC7S- qrp in Wy...


>From: Chris Kantarjiev <cak at dimebank.com>
>To: qrp-l at mailman.qth.net
>CC: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [QRP-L] Wow, antennas really do matter
>Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 08:33:13 -0800 (PST)
>
>I've been making do with a really lousy doublet made of 24g zip
>cord at my home QTH for the few months I've had my general. I've
>made some contacts, but not gotten very far - 3W to Seattle from
>Palo Alto isn't going to impress anyone on this list (though making
>any contacts at all puts me in an elite portion of humanity, I
>realize :-)
>
>Leigh WA5ZNU convinced me to build a PAC-12 antenna early on, but
>I never had much luck with it. It doesn't work in my back yard
>at all... I brought it to our cabin a couple of times and couldn't
>figure out what I was doing wrong. I could hear "OK", but no one
>could hear me.
>
>I spent some time with it and an analyzer and learned a big lesson:
>that center section with the feedpoint is not symmetrical. It
>matters a lot that you send the signal up into the whip, not down
>into the ground. Jeez.
>
>Last night I played with the Flying Piggies and my might KX1 sent
>its signal all the way to Oklahoma City. Got 339 ... more work is
>needed before I can contemplate WAS, but it's definitely encouraging!
>
>Oink oink :-)
>
>73 de chris K6DBG
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