There was mention of VS1AA earlier on. A variation of that antenna with a
balanced twin-feed and quarter-wave plus three-quarter wave legs makes for a
great monoband dipole option, but that's going OT now. Feed impedance is a bit
higher than 80ohms too but might not be depending on band/height agl ground
etc. Probably quieter than a Windom. A fav of mine anyway...
Al G0XBV
On Thursday 19 September 2024 at 13:53:51 BST, VE7MHI John D Erskine via
CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
On 2024.08.29 07:42, Joe wrote:
> I have gotten from many people comments saying to avoid any of the OCF
> Dipole designs, because of Noise. Especially the probable higher level
> of noise because the place is an "EOC". (Lots of Computers)
>
> They say a OCFD is much more susceptible to letting these noises in.
>
> Yes? NO?
>
> At my home, Noise I have no background in on it being a problem.
> It is sooo quiet here that even on a full sized 40 meter elevated
> vertical,
> I can have the second level pre amp on, and in an empty spot on any
> band,
> the S meter sits at S-0 or maybe tickling up to a max of S-1
>
> Joe WB9SBD
I dunno Joe. I used a Garant Enterprises GD-8 Windom antenna for about
six years, when I had the space. (~137')
I was able to listen well down into Lowfer territory, looking for
navigation beacons and such. Was in NW Ontario, and worked coast to
coast on 80 m during the PowWow Club. Worked Resolute Bay, CI8C during
the Transpolar Ski Trek.
For what you're asking though, I haven't seen any mention of
territory/roof space available to you.
Recently, and portable, I've been putting up a doublet. Mine is
nominally for 40 m and up, however if you've space you might size it for
80 m. (Mine is relatively low, wire measured as for a 40 m dipole, fed
with ladder line, and for the moment a Kenwood AT-230 AMU.)
Other choices might be a large folded dipole, and not last by any means,
a large horizontal loop around the perimeter of the roof line.
All the best deciding, however I'd just try a few different things
before settling on something. I remind our newer folks, "It's not likely
to be your last antenna/rig/____."
73, John
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John D Erskine
VE7MHI VA7OTC
CN88hk VA7RCN
Victoria, B.C.
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