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Re: [Amps] QRO operation into a 80 meter vertical

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Subject: Re: [Amps] QRO operation into a 80 meter vertical
From: peter chadwick <g8on@fsmail.net>
Reply-to: g8on@fsmail.net
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 09:18:40 +0100
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Carl said:

>It still needs radials<

That depends on what the ground is. I use a 60 foot tower topped off with a 4 
ele Steppir, with the directors and reflectors strapped to the boom
to give a better capacity hat, and fed as folded unipole. No radials because 
adding them made no change to the feed impedance and no current could be 
detected in them - BUT the ground is thick heavy wet clay - even in the middle 
of a dry summer. The tower is grounded to 4  ground rods.

It was described as 'Loud' into the US last Sunday morning in the ARRL DX CW 
contest

73

Peter G3RZP

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