[SMCARA] Counterpoise Question

[Bill Jones]

Well, hooked up the dog fence or one half of it anyways for an approximate
run of 200 feet along with my 77 foot end-fed. Retook readings at the
feedpoint and the changes from the first time was amazing. from 3Mhz to
51MHZ I am running at or below 5 to 1. 40 Meters seems to run the highest
at 5 or slightly less. Rest run at or below 3 for the most part. Will
finish running to shack hopefully this weekend. Real results will come when
I can fire this puppy up and listen and receive for a while.

73
Bill

On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 12:22 PM, jpsmith <jpsmith at md.metrocast.net> wrote:

> You can make an antenna out of most anything; you will need a good tuner.
> They all work and you will still be able to work the world on a hundred
> watts. My favorite is 125ft of 16g wire fed with a coax and strung by
> bungee cords 30 feet up in the trees.  Don't worry so much. Jim (N3NV)
>
>
> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3 4G LTE via Verizon Wireless.
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Bill Jones
> Date:10/02/2014 11:17 AM (GMT-05:00)
> To: smcara at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [SMCARA] Counterpoise Question
>
> Was reading thru some Web entries about counterpoises (tacked to grass,
> buried, etc) and one person asked the question about the invisible fence. I
> was wondering if anybody had ever used one for their counterpoise? I do not
> use mine anymore and I have it looped around my back yard and part of the
> front yard. I know its broken at one spot so would not be a complete loop
> but should not matter if my thinking is right and you are just laying out a
> number of runs like a radials for a Vertical Antenna. Any thoughts and
> would the fence be enough of a counterpoise to use? I am figuring around a
> 350 feet in a loop. But broken in one spot for sure so say 2 125 foot
> counterpoises? Thanks!
>
> Bill
> KC3DEZ
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