Gosh - I think most reflector hams have no sense of humor whatever! Why does
everyone have to take everything so damn serious? Smile once in a while!
Of course yagi's are better than wires but in a hobby, it is fun to try
stuff! I now use 40m and tri-band OptiBeam yagis and yes, the difference is
tremendous. Answers below:
(Tom - W4BQF)
-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Thomson
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 4:33 AM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Tuners
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:09:45 -0500
From: "Tommy Alderman" <aldermant@windstream.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tuners
Wow Rick! That is really amazing? You ever think of getting a decent
receiver?
## He already does.
For the past 59 years I have used a 'tuner' and wires, but alas, using wire
antennas and I've only got 327 countries confirmed? Do you think if I get a
REAL antenna I could make the honor roll?
73 Rick,
Tom - W4BQF
## is that 327 countries spread over 160-10m, including warc bands?
Is that spread over 59 years ? Is this just ssb, or just cw, or both, or
does that
include rtty and data modes ?
[||] No - that is 321 countries on 40m CW only, the others were on various
bands.
## How many countries....per band?
[||] I have no clue. I did it as a 'fun' thing just to see if I could work
300 countries on 40m CW. I also happened to lived on one of those 'location
- location - location' places just southwest of Washington DC, for 30 years.
I had a sloping 80m dipole that ran N/S, down a 70' hill and pointed north
and a 3-el wire quad, hung in the trees for 40m, all open wire fed, running
1.5kw.
## a friend 150 miles north of me installed a F-12 5 el 20m yagi @ 70'.
He worked 290 countries in less than 2 yrs, and that
was casual dx'ing. I managed a clean sweep in a Nov SS phone contest
many yrs ago, that means I got WAS in under 30 hrs. I could not do that
with wire ants.
[||] All of my DX'ing was casual as at that time I was into QRQ CW and did
not seriously chase DX.
## when I switched from my own 5-el 20m yagi to the wire ant, the EU
folks
told me I dropped 6 x S units [ I measured 13.8 db on a stepped attenuator,
on RX]
## sure, wire ants will work, provided you put em up 100'..and stuff
loads of power
into them. A dipole up 100' is a good ant.... but the 14 db F/S is a
hindrance. 2 x dipoles
at right angles or a rotary dipole is a fast way to pick up 14 db. Most
folks have limited patience.
I have tried every ant in the book on 40m, since 1972. I have given up and
opted for a 3-el yagi up 90'.
Now if that doesn't work, then I will give up.
Jim VE7RF
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