[Lowfer] 472-479 kHz

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi,

I am NOT on the air at 600 meters but my pipe dream has always included
a separate receiving antenna. I think the original post about dumping a
couple of KW into one of the XYL's hair pins or other inefficient
antenna to get 1 Watt ERP was more in a humorous vein (there is always
hope). On the other hand a quarter wave ground plane elevated 4
wavelengths above ground is not very likely, either.

73,

Bill  KU8H

On Tue, 2012-09-25 at 05:43 -0400, Douglas D. Williams wrote:

> Yes, but the only power that counts is what is being radiated by the
> antenna as RF. So, what's the point of pumping 100 watts into an
> inefficient antenna when the same amount of RF could be transmitted by
> pumping 10 watts into a more efficient antenna? Not to mention the fact
> that the less efficient antenna is also likely to be much worse at
> receiving.