Hi Jim,
Have just made a post on this.
Based on experience at my end over 15 yrs working from my former QTH which
was a townhouse in downtown Auckland.
Inverted L on roof with elevated radials (two on 80) could QSO JA with 5W on
80 on more nights than not.. I worked many countries with this antenna, got
good placings in local 80m contests and very good comparative reports with
other ZL stations.
Used the inverted L with elevated radials and 50ft vertical section (almost
full 1/4 wave vertical section) with success at this QTH (like around 100 Eu
QSO in one hour on a good contest night on 80) but currently using a dipole
at 50ft as it hears better and seems as good on transmit. QTH is at 300ft on
the coast directly above the (nude) beach.
Hope to have the dipole as inv vee with apex at 70ft /370ft asl.
You can get a picture of my present QTH on my website.
73
end
Barry Kirkwood PhD ZL1DD
Signal Hill Homestay
66 Cory Road
Palm Beach
Waiheke Island 1240
NEW ZEALAND
phone/fax 64-9-372-5161
www.waiheke.co.nz/signal.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Barry Kirkwood" <bjk@ihug.co.nz>
Cc: "towertalk submital" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, 10 July, 2002 1:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] Inv L
> Cool - DX feedback - this is what it is all about guys!
>
> ...are we talking about us stateside chaps and our long haul signal
strength
> to you in ZL, Barry?
>
> ...is this based on your learning what antennas the louder stations are
> employing when they work you on the lower bands?
>
> This would be great to know - although it used to be a "novice" level
> question that a vertical would have a lower main lobe than say a
> dipole....verticals for long haul good - compromised/shortened verticals
not
> as good....question becomes will the compromised design be better than a
> horizontally polarized antenna....
>
> W8JI made an excellent point that this about transmit antennas and not
> rx'ing - sometimes its astounding to step through the antennas on your
farm
> and realize that heah this antenna for band y is hearing better on band x
> (at the moment :-)) - sometimes a non resonant antenna with a preamp will
> sound great - hence the description I like best of the Beverage antenna -
> works poorly except in one direction where it doesn't work AS bad...
>
> You never know....antenna switching can make for hours of listening
pleasure
> in the Wintertime on the low bands...assuming you do not live in FL where
we
> have better things to do in Winter than listening to that pophiss scratch
> static
>
> 73,
>
> Jim, K4OJ
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barry Kirkwood" <bjk@ihug.co.nz>
> To: <genewill@ordata.com>; "Tower Talk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 7:56 PM
> Subject: [Towertalk] Inv L
>
>
> > Inverted L does very well on 80 and 40 (will eat any all band vertical
on
> > these bands, other things equal).
> > On 40 and 80 it is not too difficult to get full size or top hat
verticals
> > operational hence inv L not as popular.
> > IMHO lots of operators would do better on DX on 80 with an inverted L
than
> > with other popular antennas eg low dipoles.
> > 73
> >
> > end
> > Barry Kirkwood PhD ZL1DD
> > Signal Hill Homestay
> > 66 Cory Road
> > Palm Beach
> > Waiheke Island 1240
> > NEW ZEALAND
> > phone/fax 64-9-372-5161
> > www.waiheke.co.nz/signal.htm
> >
> >
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