Another RX option that will likely fit on your property is a Pennant. I had
one at my Aruba home and while it was no match for those with Beverages it
was definitely better than listening on my TX vertical squeezed into the
same small lot. On top band, ZF is quiet compared to P4.
John KK9A - P40A
Topband: Waller Flag
Stan Stockton wa5rtg at gmail.com
Sat Dec 15 14:15:25 EST 2018
I am curious to know if anyone on here has scaled a Waller Flag to a
smaller antenna and had any success with whatever might be available for
preamps to bring the gain up enough to start to hear band noise.
At my location on Cayman Brac I could probably get by with a 20 foot boom
but not much larger. According to my model, one with a 50 foot boom is
about -48 dB, one with a 30 foot boom is about -65 dB and one with a 20
foot boom, like I would lilke to put up, is about -79 dB.
I guess a lot to do with how successful the antenna might work for me will
have to do with how much preamplifier gain I will need at my particular
location to start to hear noise. I wanna use it on 160, 80 and 40 and the
gain of the 20 foot boom one is enough for 80 and 40 using a 30 or 40 dB
preamp.
Any help would be appreciated.
73 and Merry Christmas...Stan, K5GO/ZF9CW
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