Topband: 5/8 wavelength vertical is mo betta thanshorterversions??

[Lennart M]

Hi Tom et al
Just wanna add the following:
Except for a 1/4 lambda vertical at the beach a la skirt with a bandwidth
from 1.7 to 8 MHz the best antenna ever used on 80 was a semivertical 2x40 m
hanging from 90 down to 25 m. That antenna was only used for SSB 80, low
noise, transmitting very well into SA, AF and NA. Backside of the antenna
was the JA and ZL. Big tower holding the construction in place and shieling
the NE path.
The conclusion is:
Try whatever you can put up into the sky and remember: This is just a hobby.
( I have been working enormous amounts of JA:s on 40 running low (2KW) power
and using curtain (+23 dBi) antennas, no joy in the long run)
73
Len
BIC
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