On Oct 20, 2010, at 10:54 AM, Tom W8JI wrote:
> The 43 foot vertical will work fair on bands above 60 meters, but will not
> be good at all on 80 meters and will absolutely suck on 160 meters. You'd be
> very lucky to have 1 or 2% efficiency on 160.
I shunt-feed my 15m (50 foot) tower on 160m. I've got 160m WAS, and 25
countries confirmed, all with 100 watts.
http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com/2009/04/shunt-feeding-short-tower-on-80-and.html
Of course, it helps to have lots of radials. I have about 30 totaling over 1600
feet of wire.
Even a sucky antenna can be made to work.
But I agree about the 43 foot thing. It seems to be a cult-like condition, like
the 88 foot dipole in QRP circles. Of course, LB modelled the 88 foot dipole at
100 feet and 70 feet. Most of the guys who put these up rarely get them over 35
feet.
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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