[SEDXC] Question for the Antenna Gurus

[Gary McConville]

An inverted V Bazooka at the same height will smoke a non-resonant
antenna every time!  Boo to power-hog tuners!

--- Ben Coleman <nj8j at arrl.net> wrote:

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> Paul Pescitelli wrote:
> > You never know until you try... I have a off center fed windom
> > (inverted-v style) with the balun at about 35 feet, I have worked
> tons
> > of dx from my non-antenna friendly Jack-N-Jill neighborhood. Worked
> > lots of stations even running QRP for a while, it was with this
> setup
> > I got over 1K miles/watt on 40 cw. Ya just gotta try it!
> 
> I'll second that motion.  I've been running 'slop' antennas
> ("measurements?
> We don't need no steenking measurements!") for a long time.  A lot of
> them
> worked poorly, but the best of them is a doublet or off-center-fed
> wire fed by
>  ladder-line with a tuner at the shack end.  I've at times been
> pleasantly
> surprised by signal reports from DX.
> 
> Ben
> - --
> Ben Coleman nj8j at arrl.net
>  "I love the way Microsoft follows standards.  In much the
> same manner that fish follow migrating caribou."
>                                             Paul Tomblin
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