[PaQSO] NVIS

[Dave Edmonds]

HI Herb,

My low band focus is 40m stateside typically for qso parties/contests, like
the PAQP. I use a 40m dipole at 9 feet with an old IC-730 at 82.5 watts. It
works amazingly well. I was on 40m all day on Saturday during the PAQP and
worked 110 PA stations (including 5 mobile/rover contacts) with solid
reports.

I also ran K2L in 13 colonies along with W1AW/4 for several thousand Qs.
I've won plaques in 5 QPs along with numerous top five finishes including
WPX. Top station in South Carolina for the ARRL Centennial. These and more
with an antenna at 10 feet has been simply AMAZING!  I am a believer in
NVIS!

73s Dave WN4AFP

On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Herb Krumich via PaQSO <
paqso at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> Years ago I learned that an antenna on 80 meters will be an NVIS below 130
> feet above ground. Same situation with 40 meters where a dipole or yagi
> should be up at least 70 feet.This was after I tried running an 80 meter
> dipole, ten feet off the ground. It does not work. Although the tree level
> was much higher.Does an NVIS antenna need to be in an open field ? Good
> question. On 80 meters, any dipole up 25-40 feet is a killer antenna for
> our contest.Throw some RF into the sky, you never know where it will
> landHerb K2LNS
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