Good information Gary.
Lot of the fun of low band DXing comes from getting new countries, and
finding what antenna works best.
Yes, In the transition that takes place at gray line time, there is often
high angle taking place.
As in the past, building our own radio from scratch is not so easy, but lets
"have at it" with our antennas.
73
Bruce-K1FZ
http://www.qsl.net/k1fz/beverage_antenna.html
On Tue, 25 Jul 2017 08:21:27 -0400, "StellarCAT" wrote:
that’s a pretty ‘general’ statement! I had a 90’ high inverted L with the bend
supported by a tower – it was only about 50’ from a 143’ tower ... it had ~30
100’ radials under it ... and I managed to work 100 countries in 89 consecutive
days - from Arizona! That included some pretty rare/distant entities. It worked
VERY well as far as I was concerned.
I say this only so that someone reading your comment, having only this as an
option, isn’t dissuaded from trying it ... if it is what you have available –
go for it!
As for comparing a V at a low height (for most everyone it WILL be at a low
height) to a vertical and saying the V was better would, I believe, suggest a
feed system issue I’d think on the vertical. I’d think it would beat out a
horizontal, for long distance DX, most of the time – and substantially at that.
The vertical that is. OR the ground losses are really substantial. Or both.
Just because DX is worked using a low horizontal antenna doesn’t imply
something is “good” ... it only implies it is sufficient. “Good”ness is very
subjective.
but as they, as we all say – do what you have to ...
Gary
K9RX
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