[Elecraft] Low activity

hawley, charles j jr c-hawley at illinois.edu
Fri Sep 13 17:38:39 EDT 2019


Good idea. A fellow ham I worked with once had a rhombic favoring the south pole many decades ago. He was a significant communications option for an expedition down there. It was a unique ham radio experience.

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Chuck KE9UW
c-hawley at illinois.edu

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> On Sep 13, 2019, at 3:42 PM, Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 
> David,
> 
> Put up a Rhombic favoring the direction of your most wanted DX.
> It can be used as a multi-band antenna with lots of gain.
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
>> On 9/13/2019 4:02 PM, David Haines wrote:
>> Well, the best antenna for me so far is the only one I have, a 51' G5RV Junior dipole 30' above ground fed with ladder line into my KX-3 with KXP100.  (I also have a Buddipole for remote operation.)
>> Given that you can never have enough antennas, what should I add?  My situation is perfect, with no houses except mine around, no power lines, and plenty of space.
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