Topband: Re: short dipoles

[W2pm at aol.com]

I dont think he was discouraging it - just pointing out the realities. Any 
antenna IS better than no antenna but it's important not to let anecdote pass 
without at least presenting the facts besides those.  ON4UN pointed that out 
somewhere regarding his book as few of us can build systems to the level he 
describes but the point he makes is it would not serve the subject to fail to show 
the best and most correct approach before consideing the practical 
comprimises.  And this thread included some technical detail about "shortening" the 
length - aside from the height - but the two issues are entirely unrelated to DX 
performance in that context of very low antenna in the first place..  73 Pete, 
W2PM

In a message dated 10/17/2004 10:26:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
w7tmt at dayshaw.net writes:
Roy,

Of course no one would "do that" on 10 meters! However many
of us live on small city lots and we would still like to get
on the lower bands.  All the guy is looking for is what his
best options might be given his limited space resources.
Many folks have done well from such circumstances. At the
top of the pile, well of course not. Having fun and making
contacts, absolutely. Numerous DXCC'S have been made under
that type of limitation, why discourage it.