On Mon,8/18/2014 10:17 AM, Jim Allen wrote:
It is this uncertainty that keeps us trying things experts say won't work.
Sometimes they don't, but other times, they work OK.
As N6BT has said, "everything works" -- the difference is how WELL it
works. To prove his point, he worked all continents on a light bulb. :)
I've worked at least 130 counties QRP with good antennas, most confirmed
by LOTW. 1.5 kW works BETTER. :)
Your antenna work work best (you'll be louder) on 160M fed as a long
wire against a counterpoise. Just be sure to take the "balun" out of the
system when you do it. It also might work better on 80M fed that way. My
80M dipole in Chicago did, and it was 40 ft high on one end and 30 ft
high on the other.
73, Jim K9YC
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