[PaQSO] Antenna recommendations

[Corey Dean]

I always used 2 inverted v's.  One on 40 and one on 80 meters.  Since I
built the loop that was in one of the issues on QST this year, April I
think.  Wow, I love that 40 meter loop.  Once in a while I will run the net
on Ecars on 7.255 and have flipped around between the 2 antennas.  That loop
works so much better and it seems to be quieter which helps with the mobile
signals. A lot of people have commented on how much better my signal is.
This is just a 40 meter loop and the top is around 40 feet.  I go down 30
feet on each side from the top and tie it off to pull it out, then the bottm
is about 6 feet off the ground.  It looks like a kite.  I feed it at the top
with RG-213 and have a 1:1 swr right on 7.255  I can go the whole voice
portion and never go above 1.5:1  I do have to use a tuner for the CW
portion.

THe harmonics work well also for 10,15, and 20.  I tuned it at the bottom
and have around 137 feet of 12 guage wire.  I also found something
interesting.  If I leave the bottom open instead of closed like it should
be, it works great on 17 meters.  The rest of the bands don't work to well
though.

Corey  KF3DY - Tioga COunty.
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Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 8:35 PM
Subject: Re: [PaQSO] Antenna recommendations


> 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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