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Re: [TowerTalk] Two Vertical Antennas

To: ve3zi@rac.ca
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Two Vertical Antennas
From: "Rick Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
Reply-to: richard@karlquist.com
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 08:55:39 -0700 (PDT)
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
The 7MHz antenna is a
> dog, which is very easily beaten in all directions and
> distances by a dipole at 40'. (The dipole is about

My 7 MHz vertical is a dead heat against an inverted vee
at 90 feet and my 3.5 MHz vertical blows away an inverted
vee at 60 feet.  Both .25 wl verticals are over extensive ground screens
and ground conductivity is high in my area.

As they say:  "YMMV".

Rick N6RK

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