Topband: Effect of current max not at base of vertical.

[Hardy Landskov]

While I was in College I had a ½ wave 20 meter vertical on the top of a two 
story apartment building. Fed with a parallel tuned circuit taped at the 50 
ohm point with about 20 or so 18 foot radials. Worked like gang busters but 
I always had to wait in line to work rare DX. It was not the best but 
something better than the Ed Sullivan Show.  But I did see the Beatles for 
the first time....
73 Hardy N7RT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Stealey" <rstealey at hotmail.com>
To: <topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: Effect of current max not at base of vertical.


>
> Milt says:
> > Yet we all know from experience that the WWV radiation performance
>> is excellent.
>
> I see N6RK has addressed this statement in his response as well, but I 
> would like to add that this kind of statement is often heard on the air, 
> "That antenna of yours there is doing a FB job for you."
> I always think, "How do you know? Maybe his antenna is working horribly. 
> Maybe the owner has water in his coax, and a resultant 10 db of loss, but 
> the propagation just happens to be favorable and he is really putting a 
> smashing signal into your QTH in spite of his 10 db loss."  Turn the 
> thought process around a bit, and ask ANY ham you talk to how he likes his 
> antenna, how's it working for him?  Invariably he will tell you it works 
> great, he loves it.  Ask him how he knows it is working great and he will 
> tell you, "Because of all the stations I work, who tell me what a great 
> signal I have!!!'  Think about it.
>
> Rick  K2XT
>
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