Topband: What antenna would you build?

[Jim Brown]

YES!  This is VERY important advice, trumps all else.

And I echo those who have advised to build one vertical radiator with an 
excellent radial system, and the best RX antenna system that will fit on 
your property. Most of the arrays others have suggested are not 
practical on five acres, if for no other reason that a GREAT radial 
system for each element is critical.

73, Jim K9YC

On 3/25/2022 10:19 AM, Mike Waters wrote:
> This is a great piece of advice!!! I would add: check those QRN levels at
> various times and on different days.
> 
> 73 Mike
> W0BTU
> 
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2022, 10:01 AM Fred Kleber <kleberf at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
>>
>> ... before you even make an offer on a piece of property, go there with a
>> mobile receiver and check to see what the ambient QRM level is.  We have
>> already read in this group about this very subject from a ham that is
>> unable to use 160m due to the QRM from pot house grow lights some 3/4 miles
>> away.  LED lighting is a well known source of QRM.
>>
>> Certain types of TVs and even solar power inverters can cause horrendous
>> amounts of QRM which can render top band useless.  It is interesting to
>> note that there are no FCC  spurious emissions requirements for solar power
>> equipment.
>>
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