Topband: 160 portable vertical

[Wes]

He will probably hear as well as he's heard using QRP.

I still use the TX inverted-L on receive and think that I have general parity 
between hearing and being heard running only 500W (7-10 dB below my neighbors).

Wes  N7WS

On 8/7/2019 2:02 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett wrote:
> and then you need to be able to hear the people calling so you will want some 
> kind of receiving antenna.
>
> On 8/7/2019 11:13 AM, Mike Smith VE9AA wrote:
>> Hi Pat,
>>
>>
>> Your #1 friend will be 127' of vertical(ish) wire (ie: inverted L) and a few
>> ground radial wires or better still 3-4 raised radials and a tall palm tree,
>> otherwise I am afraid you'll be sorely disappointed in any kind of short
>> compromise (loaded) antenna with summer (QRN) condx and QRP and/or LP (K2 is
>> 15w, correct?).
>>
>>
>> There's no getting around physics and you're going to be very weak and a
>> full sized antenna is going to be your best bet to being heard.
>>
>>
>> GL
>>
>>
>> Mike VE9AA
>>
>>
>> Planning on going to some island in the Caribbean this December. Unless I
>> find
>>
>> a friendly ham, will bring along my Elecraft k2 and operate qrp or lp.
>> Looking
>>
>> for ideas on an easy to setup small vertical antenna to bring.
>>
>>
>> N8vw
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike, Coreen & Corey
>>
>> Keswick Ridge, NB
>>
>>
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