[Towertalk] Grounding an Elevated vertical

[Bill Coleman]

On 3/7/02 1:48 PM, Stu Greene at wa2moe@firstinter.net wrote:

>At 01:23 PM 3/7/02 -0500, W4ZW wrote:
>
>>  The R-7 is a 3/16 wl vertical and the DX-77 is a hybrid windom fed 1/2 
>> wave vertical.
>I own one, chimney mounted.  It is not an antenna.  It is a less than 
>effective dummy load performing equally poorly on all bands

I have an R7000 at 8 feet, which I used as my primary antenna for almost 
6 years. 

My observations match Stu's. You can make contacts with this antenna, but 
there are better choices.


Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
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