[Elecraft] Antenna question

Wes (N7WS) wes at triconet.org
Wed Feb 12 10:29:44 EST 2014


Also known as, "The worst horizontal antenna is better than the best vertical 
antenna" theory.  It's always worked out for me.  Now if I lived on the beach.....

Wes  N7WS

On 2/12/2014 12:09 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
> [snip]
> I'm still working on the comparison of verticals to horizontal antennas -- 
> I've done all the modeling and know the results, but haven't organized it to 
> show yet. AD5X has also done some excellent work on the 43 ft vertical idea. 
> And QST recently published a piece showing that a better use of a 43 ft 
> vertical might be as the center support for horizontal dipoles for 80 and 40, 
> a concept with which I strongly agree. :)
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>



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