Topband: FCP Folded Counterpoise

[Mike Waters]

Thanks, Jim. One thing seems certain, and that's that K2AV's FCP is plenty
efficient enough to allow hams with HOAs or limited space to get on 160
with a really good signal.

The FCP is on my long list of things I'd like to experiment with someday,
if only for the fun of it. It would not be difficult to remote-switch
between two elevated radials (or whatever) and a 160m FCP, and do many A/B
tests between them.

73, Mike
www.w0btu.com

On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Jim Bennett <w6jhb at mac.com> wrote:

> Mike - FWIW - I had a two tuned-radial 80 meter Inverted L hung in one of
> our redwood trees. Replaced it with an FCP and my bandwidth was almost the
> same. Quite happy with the FCP at this QTH. We aren't supposed to have any
> ham antennas outside, but being able to string the FCP towards the top of
> the fence line, and only a bit longer than 30 feet has made my 80 meter
> operating lots more interesting.
>
> Jim / W6JHB