Topband: Recommended Antennas for 160M/80M Receiving

[Eddy Swynar]

On 2014-12-21, at 12:23 PM, Roger D Johnson wrote:

> I just drafted a reply to Mack's question delineating the problem I've had with my
> vertical arrays. After I sent the e-mail, an idea popped into my head. I wonder if
> my problems have to do with ground conductivity? The soil here in New England
> is poor (2 mS) and beverages are known to perform well over poor ground. Dave,
> W0FLS, has had good results with his 8 circle but he has substantially better
> ground in Iowa (15 mS).
> 
> Could those of you who have had better results with your vertical arrays than with
> Beverages let me know what your local ground conductivity is? If there is a correlation,
> I might see if putting down some radials will improve the situation.
> 
> Thanks, Roger N1RJ




Hi Roger,

Before the devastating ice storm of December 2013 here, I had a 1500' long Beverage aimed to South America, & a K9AY loop in the same direction: the loop would out-perform the wire 95% of the time, so I ended-up essentially listening on it, exclusively.

~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ