[Elecraft] Miniature self-supporting HF antennas

[Wes (N7WS)]

Unless I misunderstand (always a possibility) you compared a coil-loaded 
vertical to a wire inverted vee.  Is this correct?

If so, you are not determining the effects of loading coil loss, you are 
determining that a vertical antenna is different from a (nominally) horizontal 
antenna.  It takes no experimentation to know this.


On 7/21/2015 3:08 PM, Rick M0LEP wrote:
> That is exactly what I did, with the help of a friend a reasonable
> distance away with a reasonable S-meter, repeated antenna swapping, and
> a little help from skimmers on the RBN for control. I'm pretty sure the
> difference is real. I'd rather carry a lightweight telescopic pole with
> the means to guy it, and use an inverted-V dipole than trust that loaded
> vertical to get me contacts.
>
> On Tue 21 Jul Wes (N7WS) wrote:
>> In other words, take measurements of antenna one, remove it and
>> replace it with antenna two and note the change. Any other comparison
>> is uncontrolled and suspect.