[Lowfer] "State of the Art" Medfer Antenna

[Bill Ashlock]

Todd,

I think that a good many of us are interested in where you obtained the below information. It most certainly differs from my understanding of what is allowed.

Bill

> From: ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com
> Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 17:32:38 -0500
> To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] "State of the Art" Medfer Antenna
> 
> >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  
> 
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