[Elecraft] Verticals

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

 > The rest of the world is very happy playing a different game then us
 > before the bands open up to the States!
 > WE are nothing but a wall of noise.

How true ... I can work other 100W and vertical dipole stations almost
anywhere as long as I can hear them over the neighborhood big screen
TVs, the phase noise from the Icom and Flex transceivers, and the key
clicks from the Yaesu transceivers ... and as long as the other station
can hear me over the kilowatt splatter and constant noise from all the
stations in the US, VE, PY, YV, I, DL, etc.

Yes, get the base of a vertical up away from the lossy dirt if you can
but that's no more common sense than getting the dipole as high as you
can.  Big antennas/high power are there because it enables those who
must be first in the pile-up to do so in spite of the noise and bad
signals around them.  We've done it to ourselves by not insisting that
all manufacturers make *clean* transmitters and everyone show restraint
in their operating habits.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 2014-09-11 5:14 PM, William Levy wrote:
> I think some folks misconstrued my Vertical comments.
> They work. They load. They radiate.
> They worked for me in the circuit I wanted to complete.
> Doesn't matter what the other station has.
>
> The first time I was  5Z4PI it was 1973 and I had a Hallicrafters Safari
> rig.
> Beauty of that rig was built in 12/110 and 240 supplies.
> One VFO, long before the dreaded RIT was invented.
> Made a trap dipole. Printed 250 qsl cards.
>
> In those days I was running a 100 watts and a dipole.
> When the States opened up the guys I worked ran 4 el Hygain 204BA's and KWs.
>
> That isn't the important thing.
>
> Before the states were open I worked everyone else in the world with modest
> transceivers and antennas with my dipole and 100 watts. The only reason we
> have giant towers and amps today is because everyone else in this wealthy
> country does.
>
> But before the band is open to the states all the DX is very happy working
> the rest of the world with modest gear.
>
>   The other night I heard a fellow in Pakistan tune and then call CQ on the
> frequency my KX3 was tuned to.
> KX3 ran 10 watts to a Log Periodic. He barely heard me, said I was in and
> out of the noise.
> When I powered the baby amp on he could hear me Q5.
>
> Back to my old R5. It worked as good as the trap dipole did 15 years
> earlier. Perfect for ragchewing and hamming up.
>
> The rest of the world is very happy playing a different game then us before
> the bands open up to the States!
> WE are nothing but a wall of noise.
>
> I am glad we have K3's that are bullet proof to adjacent channels and can
> tune down to 100 cycles.
> It's beautifully made stuff and I wouldn't leave home without one!
>
> 73 all, Bill N2WL
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