David, Seeing your message title invoked the hope that a new but very much needed direction was about to be taken within the towertalk reflector. After reading some of the replies and learning about
There is yet another twist to the "small lot" situation. I live on a standard 1/4 acre suburban lot. I have an electric company right of way behind the house where all the trees are located (I guess
When I first got licensed in 1995, I worked a number of low band countries using ground mounted multiband verticals (cushcraft AP8A and Butternut HV2V) sitting on compact ground systems consisiting o
My primary love has always been the low bands. Six years ago I moved to the present QTH which is 2.75 acres. . Prior to that I live in the city of Des Moines, Iowa on a 57 by 155 ft lot. The low band
The BEST solution to the small lot problem is to MOVE to a location where you can have a larger lot. That's what I did when I was ready to buy my first house (still here). I moved from a 1/2 acre lot
I know what you are saying. I have a 100'x60' lot, but have power lines on 3 sides.... Dan Evans N9RLA Scottsburg, IN 47170 {EM78} IN-Ham list administrator QRP-l #1269 1/2 of the N9RLA /R no budget
There was an article published a while ago, I think it was "how to build a single tower station" or something like that. It was full of good info for us "small guns" My recommendation: 72 foot Trylon
richie, Your request for great antennas on small lots reminds me of the recent discussions of flags and pennants. These are tiny replacements for beverages, and everything we hear is that they perfor
I agree completely with this statement. I owned one of the first (Thank you Gap Antennas!!) ones to come off of the line. It was gotten to help run a special event station at the Stampede grounds. C
If you look at comparisons or honest reviews of small antennas for 160 (or 80) meters, the most efficient ones are universally top loaded with some form of large hat or wire and employ reasonably lar
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For those interested in this thread, but unaware of what has been published already: ARRL 6 Antenna Compendiums with each over 200 pages. RSGB Practical Wire Antennas " HF Antenna Collection Much of
would acomplishments. Paul, I'm mostly a lurker and learner here, grateful for a lot of advice I've put to good use. But your comments above really "resonated" here. I did ham radio from small lots
For this statement you need to define which Gap antenna you are referring to. The Gap Voyager is 45 feet tall. (not small) Has a 10 foot diameter capacity hat, and requires 3 counterpoise wires. The
Hi Dave, I was looking over my logs from back in Florida the other night. I had forgotten just how much DX I was able to work with 100 watts and a 50' high "T" antenna fed against ground on 1/2 acre
The Gap antenna I had was just over 40 feet tall and covered 160- 20 meters. It only used three radials (counterpoises). Are you sure the 160 model is a Voyager? Challenger sticks in my mind. It was
The Challenger only goes down to 80-meters. The GAP Voyager is the 160 through 20-meter model. I owned one from 1993 through 2000. It is an absolutely horrible antenna on 160 and 20...but offers rea
The problem with the GAP antennas is on the LOWEST band of operation where a capacitive reactance is transformed through a length of small coaxial cable inside the tubing to present a SERIES INDUCTAN
There is more to the end-fed wire: I'm personally talking about a 133' wire, that goes up 60-70 feet, and then out for the rest. On 160 you feed it direct. As many radials as you can get away with. (
My solution for my 50' x 100' lot is going to be an 88' dipole, with the feed at about 45' [if I ever get it up!]. The ends will be between 25 & 30' up and will probably zig-zag somewhat. They will a