[Elecraft] Verticals

[Wes (N7WS)]

Great job!

But you're in Florida, I wonder how this would work out in the desert of 
Southern AZ?

Wes  N7WS


On 9/11/2014 8:56 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>
> 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
>