Please listen for the following club members and give them a point. Lets hope for good band conditions this weekend. Have fun!! 73, Ralph K1ZZI PJ4A (Op. K4BAI) - John is down there now and I expect
Just worked John on 15m, sounds great so keep an eye out for PJ4/K4BAI during the weekend then I assume they will go PJ4A right before the contest. Looking forward to 'Seeing' everyone this weekend.
S9V vertical: 1. Not resonant on any band - not even 40M. 2. Will require a significant radial field to do much of anything. 3. SWR on bands other than 40 will be so high you may not get a match, and
I dunno about that. I'd never heard of them before, so I did a quick Google...it looks like it's just a 31' wire supported by a fiberglass mast. I would reckon that it would work as well on 40m as an
Author: thompson at mindspring.com (David Thompson)
Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 15:35:17 -0400
I looked at the S9 vertical and it appears to be a 32 or 33 foot tall mast. Unlike the 43 footer sold by MFJ and others with a matching section. Should do Ok on 40 as N4GG points out BUT unless you k