[Elecraft] Miniature self-supporting HF antennas

[Phil Wheeler]

Dave,

Re "It's not going to radiate any lower than the 
horizon..." -- I'd swear, based on on-the-air 
results, that I've had a few antennas which 
achieved that dubious distinction :-)

73, Phil W7OX

On 7/19/15 9:52 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
>
> It's not going to radiate any lower than the 
> horizon, and that kind of low angle is extremely 
> useful for long distances.  That can be 
> appropriate even for QRP, although it might be 
> more propagation dependent versus making some 
> high angle short skip contacts.  If I want to 
> see how far I can work when backpacking, I'm 
> going with a vertical unless the ground 
> conductivity is just plain awful.
>
> Dave   AB7E
>
>
>
> On 7/19/2015 5:07 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
>>
>>
>> KT5X believes [and I don't disagree] that 
>> vertical ground planes on mountain tops tend to 
>> radiate downhill which isn't real useful.  If 
>> you're above the timberline, you're probably on 
>> a mountain.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Fred K6DGW
>> - Northern California Contest Club
>> - CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 
>> 3-4 Oct 2015
>> - www.cqp.org