[Elecraft] Verticals

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

I need to agree with Jim and others in support of the verticals.
I've been #2 in the world the last two years in the 100W/simple
antennas (verticals, dipoles) class of CQ DX Marathon.  My antennas
are variously an 80/40 trap inverted V at 40', an R5 or an N6BT
Q51 (bandswitched dipole for 20-10) at 18 feet.

Those antennas have been responsible for DXCC Honor Roll CW and Mixed
as well as a major part of the 2500 (once I make my next submission)
in DXCC Challenge since moving to Florida 16 years ago and getting
back on the air after being essentially off for the previous 15.  In
addition, the R5 and/or Q51 are responsible for 72 countries and 250
grids on six meters even though neither antenna is designed for that
band.

The verticals and low dipoles are not [nearly] as good as the big
towers and [stacked] mono band beams I had in Ohio but they're a
long way better than no antenna or a random wire snaked around the
fence line.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 2014-09-11 10:03 AM, Jim Rogers wrote:
> I have to jump in here and give some support to my friend Bill Levy.
> Years ago, in my earlier years of amateur radio I could not afford a
> beam or rotator, so I delved in the antenna section of the handbook and
> came up with an array of three phased verticals on 20M. This was during
> the time of the Danny Wiel and Gus Browning DXPeditions. I found the
> verticals to be quite effective, as I worked many of the exotic
> destinations of Danny and Gus.  W4ECI, "Mr. Ack" as he was know locally,
> and the sponsor of many of these DXPeditions, once asked what I was
> running? It gave me a great sense of pride to tell him, 100W and
> homebrew phased verticals.
>
> A friend in Virginia, K4XT, whom I work regularly on a sked, is running
> a pair of R7s phased appropriately and is quite satisfied with them.
> Before he had a big US Tower and multi-element tri-bander.  Just got
> tired of all the hassle and runs the verticals.
>
> Any antenna, verticals, or the big yagis require some degree of
> expertise to use them to their best effectiveness.
> Verticals get a bad rap most of the time because of the old adage,
> "verticals radiate poorly in all directions". In my experience,
> verticals used and installed properly are quite an effective antenna.
>
> Jim, W4ATK
> Celebrating 61 years of Amateur Radio
> P.S. All of my antennas today are in my attic. I will see you on the DX
> bands!
>
> On 9/11/2014 7:29 AM, Barry wrote:
>> Bill Levy wrote
>>> I had no trouble at all keeping in touch with my family using an
>>> early R5
>>> vertical in 5H3 land when I was working there.
>>>
>>> Bill N2WL
>>> ex 5H3WL, 5Z4PI and VQ9WL
>> Having those callsigns gave you an extra 20 db gain.  I've tried a few
>> verticals over the years and found them to be poor performers.
>>
>> Barry W2UP
>>
>>
>>
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