Topband: Which RX antenna is better?

[John Harden, D.M.D.]

I am using a Hi-Z 8 here along with a Waller Flag?? (From N4IS es TopBand 
Systems) at 95 feet. In the past I had up a K9AY antennas, several short 
beverages and several Ewe's. I also had up a low dipole at one time.

What I am using now is head and shoulders above any of the above listed 
compromise antennas. I can hear stuff now I could NEVER hear before....

73,

John, W4NU

Atlanta

(K4JAG 1959 to 1998)

On 7/29/2019 9:40 AM, Mark - N5OT wrote:
> This is a really good answer. Thanks Tim.
>
> 73 - Mark N5OT
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> On 7/29/2019 7:12 AM, Tim Shoppa wrote:
>> Terry, I strongly encourage you to put up the K9AY. By no numerical 
>> measure is it the best. But it???s easy to put up and Compared to all 
>> the others, it is relatively insensitive to other objects around it. 
>> And for a first RC antenna, it is super satisfying to click between 
>> directions and hear stations in the null disappear as proof of 
>> directivity.
>>
>> Interactions with other antennas is a ???big station problem??? and you 
>> or I won???t notice what bothers the big stations.
>>
>> Tim N3QE
>>
>>> On Jul 29, 2019, at 12:27 AM, terry burge <ki7m at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> I have four kits purchased on ebay for receive antennas as well as a 
>>> bi-directional beverage from KD9SV. Looking on my county plot map it 
>>> looks like I can run about a 412' beverage using my neighbors ground 
>>> and mine. Got a good neighbor you could say who just doesn't want a 
>>> BOG to trip on but a beverage not too low to walk into is Ok. My 
>>> ebay provided kits are DHDL, EWE and Penant/flag/diamond from a low 
>>> cost Canada source. But I'm faced with the problem of fences, power 
>>> lines, roads and my TX antennas on my 1 1/2 acre plot. If one of 
>>> those antennas could handle being near the fences,etc or TX antennas 
>>> I'd like to hear about it. I've already got a K9AY in the works and 
>>> that one is near my 40 meter 4-square. Running the beverage is going 
>>> to be near or even under my K8UR style 80 meter 4-square made with 
>>> 1/2 WL slopers. I've thought some about converting the 80 meter 
>>> 4-square to using 3":irrigation tubing extended with some 3" 
>>> irrigation tubing and a coil at the elevated base but I'm j
>>> ust not sure if it would be an improvement. It would be near 50' 
>>> verticals if I could do it. Not sure if I would lose too much gain.
>>>
>>>
>>> Any suggestions other?? than 'give up'? I've always had a time 
>>> hearing the DX especially on 160 meters.
>>>
>>> Terry
>>>
>>> KI7M
>>>
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