[Elecraft] Verticals

[Robert Nobis]

Wes,

I am in Arizona and am using an N6BT Bravo-5a vertical and it works well.  I have worked over 1500 stations since installing the antenna with about 30% of these being DX in Asia, Latin America and Europe.  Could I do more DX with a three element beam at 60+ feet? Probably, but since I live in a community with an HOA that has restrictions, this is not an option for me. 


Bob  -  N7RJN
n7rjn at nobis.net




On Sep 11, 2014, at 12:08, Wes (N7WS) <wes at triconet.org> wrote:

> 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
>> 
> 
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