[Elecraft] OCF antennas

[David Gilbert]

Ham radio being a knowledge-based hobby, some people prefer to 
understand what they're doing.  Apparently others don't seem to care.

Dave   AB7E



On 3/9/2012 9:49 PM, Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:
> So let me say one thing I know about antennas:
>
> PUT SOMETHING UP AND GET ON THE AIR.
>
> You can get perfect up, and you can get OK up. You an argue about what
> works better and what works worse. But when the bands are open, you
> might be able to work DX with a cantenna under your desk. (I've heard
> stories.)
>
> I used an untuned dipole with a LDG tuner to work my first (and only)
> DXCC back in the last sunspot cycle.
>
> So what I'm saying is put something up FIRST and then start the arguing,
> I mean, discussion.
>
> (But then again there are all sorts of aspects to the hobby and if you're
> here to argue you can if you want.)
>