[Elecraft] Miniature self-supporting HF antennas

[David Gilbert]

LOL.

Well, with poor ground conductivity, they become worm cookers.  ;)

Dave   AB7E



On 7/19/2015 9:59 PM, Phil Wheeler wrote:
> 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
>
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