I live oceanfront on an island with the Gulf 300' to the West and South and the bay 280' to the East and North. (I'm on the end of the island and it runs NW-SE). I have to tell you than verticals are
Like Pete, my station is on the 3rd floor of my house and SPG simply is not feasible. I have long subscribed to the "disconnect everything" thesis and in the 55 years I have been a ham I have never l
My mileage did indeed vary. I had an old 14AVQ mounted as a ground-plane up about 35' and it was a killer DX antenna, not as good as my TH-6DXX at 75' but very good as a second antenna. I later mount
Try a Cushcraft R-5 or R-7. They are 3/8 WL verticals with a matching unit and counterpoise arrangement. I used these on top of an A4S in Europe and it worked great. Remember to place a golf ball in
I?m experimenting with wire antennas here at my Breckenridge, Colorado, QTH at 10,000?. I have the Arapahoe National Forest as my backyard with Lodgepole pines that range up to 80-100?. I have had up
I want to thank everyone for the many very good suggestions. I actually ordered the flex-weave on purpose. I have #14 hard drawn insulated wire and tried to get the 80M Delta loop up with it, but it
Like many guys, I've had bits and pieces of MFJ products around the shack for many years. I've used many of their products without issue until this latest problem with their MFJ-998 auto-tuner (which
Put a big 50 ohm resistive load at the center of most any wire antenna and it will be "broadband." Or take a good dummy load and string wires in two directions and you will surely have some radiation
I still have a sense of amazement when the antennas I put up seem to fit very well into the EZNEC models, especially since I've been playing with various wire arrays, some quite large. If they don't
I have my spare T2X rotor for sale. I checked the box at the Tampa Hamfest and it is packed in the original HyGain box I shipped my ?new? (2008) rotor to Norm?s and received an older rebuilt one back