Topband: QRP

[Robert Harmon]

Jim,

Do the 160 verticals with 4 radials elevated at 20 feet, individually 
outperform the other vertical with 60 radials on the ground ?

Bob
K6UJ

On 12/15/15 3:02 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On Tue,12/15/2015 2:22 PM, Tom W8JI wrote:
>> Virtually zero QRP stations I've worked were using exceptional 
>> antennas. As a matter of fact they very rarely have fairly good 
>> antennas, like 1/4 wave verticals or inverted L's with large ground 
>> systems out in the clear. 
>
> Perhaps I'm an exception. I can switch between three 160M verticals, 
> two of which are a quarter wave  with 4 radials elevated 20 ft, and 
> one that's a 100 ft Tee with 60 on-ground radials. All three have a 
> passive reflector that provides about 2 dB of gain.
>
> I am equally frustrated with guys running 20W JT65 into a wet string 
> with a mediocre decoder because "it's a QRP mode."
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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