[QCWA] Novice Reflections

[Mike Sturm]

Sorry, but I also gotta say also that my 12AVQ worked incredibly well with
my first station in '72.  It was mounted to the rail of my 3rd floor
terrace in Brooklyn.  I ran barefoot and had no radials, no antenna tuner
and just a single wire "kinda/sorta" counterpoise hanging down off the
terrace.

All those log entries and great sig reports from people around the world
who weren't supposed to be able to hear me must have been beginner's luck!

Well, I've learned a lot in 40 years - now I use a set of parallel dipoles
with a tuner.  I do have an amp - not that I use it much - and I still get
great reports from all those people that can't possibly hear me with 100W
and a dipole :)

Take care and 73!

Mike KA2E



I knew I'd get at least one of these "Mine works" in reply to my post.

On 3/8/2013 11:13 PM, Barry C. Nelson wrote:
> Contest last week I worked 67 countries running my old Kenwood
> TS530S into a Hy Gain 12AVQ ground mounted vertical with 24
> radials some as short as 10 feet and a few as long as 30 feet.
And what is the KEY difference here? Radials and lots of them. And
a ground mounted Vertical, not one up on the top of a push up pole.
> I worked most of my contacts on 10, and 15 but also some on 20.
> Running barefoot by the way. Guess the bill of goods you referred
> to works after all.
If you feel up to an experiment, disconnect your radials and let me
know how well your vertical works. If you're feeling really ambitious.
put it up on a 20-30 foot pole with only a 6-8 radials.

Jeff-1.0
wa6fwi


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