[PaQSO] Antenna recommendations

Wed, 10 Jul 2002 20:46:46 -0400

    Let me second what K3YD says about that loop.  I have had great 
success with that in several locations even at low heights.  
    There was one place where I ran a loop around the perimeter fence 
using electric fence plastic insulators and having it only six feet off 
the ground.  For working QSOs within about 800 miles and with barefoot 
power, I could run and own a frequency as long as I wish on 80 or 40 
meters ----- perfect for PaQP in northeastern states.
    Caution:  It loads and plays on harmonics through a tuner just fine 
--- but the lobes can get plentiful and sharp on higher harmonics.
    My loop was 283 feet -------    1005/3.55 =

                        73 de Ted W3TB, Ledyard, CT

[email protected] wrote:

>If I could have only ONE antenna for PAQP it would be a horizontal 80 meter 
>full-wave loop, about 35~45 feet off the ground.  I'd feed it with ladder 
>line through a good tuner.  My experience is that this antenna will play VERY 
>well on 80, 40, and 20!   On 80/75 and 40 it's a NVIS radiator; on 20 and 
>higher it becomes a lower angle radiator.  Of course, you need 4 good, 
>properly spaced trees and a semi-open site.  (Or two weeks to string the wire 
>through the trees of a heavily wooded site <grin>)
>
> If I had time I'd lay out 10 or 12 radials on the ground so I could load the 
>whole thing as an inverted-L on 160.  
>
>k3yd
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