[Elecraft] Long wire antennas

[Ralph Encarnacion]

In my small lot, I can’t even put up a short wire! If I had the space to put up a long wire, I would put up a tower instead.

Ralph AA5YC

> On Jan 11, 2018, at 12:22 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire <ron at cobi.biz> wrote:
> 
> A longer wire produces sharper lobes and, taken to an extreme, the pattern
> breaks into multiple lobes. So it all depends upon whether the other station
> is aligned with one of the lobes. 
> 
> 73, Ron AC7AC
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net>] On Behalf Of Dave Cole (NK7Z)
> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 9:11 PM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net <mailto:elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Long wire antennas
> 
> Not sure I believe this, lets say a 40 meter dipole, and an 80 meter
> dipole-- the 40 dipole works far better on 40, than the 80 meter works on
> 40, so not always is more wire better.
> 
> Now if you are talking long wire, and forgot to state that, I am not sure,
> I'd have to get the modeling software out...
> 
> 73s and thanks,
> Dave
> NK7Z
> http://www.nk7z.net
> 
> On 01/10/2018 05:28 PM, William Levy wrote:
> 
>> COSMIC rule of antennas! The more wire the better. Always.
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