[Lowfer] "State of the Art" Medfer Antenna

[ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com]

>From what I have read and heard - a "State Of  The Art" Medfer antenna 
would be a ten-foot long wire or piece of tubing and  a very short lead to
a conventional ground system. No elevated radials, no  top hat, no ten-foot
square loop. An FCC inspector would frown on anything  other than a plain
ten-foot vertical and short wire connection to a  conventional ground.

That is the only arrangement that would pass a  strict FCC inspection.

There are no restrictions on the size of the  ground system so it is OK
to go crazy on radials, just no elevated or  tuned/elevated radials.

I used to run elevated tuned radials myself on  the Medfer band but those
would not be acceptable to the FCC today. Sorry the  rules are so 
restrictive but the FCC really does not want a homebuilt  station in the
broadcast band to carry more than a few hundred feet using  AM.  It is 
perfectly
fine to use narrowband modes like QRSS though to  increase range!

Good luck, Todd WD4NGG