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| Subject: | Re: Topband: 1/4, 1/2 or 5/8 Wire Vertical Which to use?? |
| From: | Earl W Cunningham <k6se@juno.com> |
| Date: | Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:58:49 -0800 |
| List-post: | <mailto:topband@contesting.com> |
Rich, AA2MF wrote: "I am going to fly a Wire Vertical for 160 meters..... My question is which antenna length should I use,1/4 1/2 or 5/8 wave lenght." ========== IMHO, 1/4 wave is best because it is easiest to feed (diectly with coax) and has the greatest bandwidth (without need to retune). Also, unless you're over VG ground or better, the 1/2 and 5/8 wave verts will have less far field (real) gain than a 1/4 wave vert. 73, de Earl, K6SE _______________________________________________ Topband mailing list Topband@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/topband |
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