[Towertalk] choices

[Steve Katz]

Hi Joe,

Absolutely they do, and a good operator, good propagation and good timing
help a lot, too!

I never judge an antenna by the DX it's worked; only by how it works
compared to the other ones connected to my antenna switch.

73,

Steve, WB2WIK/6

"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough." -
Mario Andretti

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Joe Reisert [SMTP:jreisert@jlc.net]
> Sent:	Friday, October 11, 2002 11:27 AM
> To:	Steve Katz; 'Jon Ogden'; 'David'; towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject:	RE: [Towertalk] choices
> 
> Steve,
> 
> I worked over 275 entities on 80 and over 300 on 40 with my G5RV (at my 
> prior QTH before moving to the new QTH) so I guess "LEAKY DUMMY LOADS" DO 
> WORK...SOMETIMES.
> 
> Joe, W1JR
> 
> 
> At 07:46 AM 10/9/2002 -0700, Steve Katz wrote:
> >Hi Jon,
> >
> >Re G5RV on 80m, I like to think of it as leaky dummy load.  It's amazing
> how
> >much better a simple 125' dipole works, at only 23' longer...
> >
> >WB2WIK/6
> >
> >"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough." -
> >Mario Andretti
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jon Ogden [SMTP:na9d@speakeasy.net]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 5:48 PM
> > > To:   Steve Katz; 'David'; towertalk@contesting.com
> > > Subject:      Re: [Towertalk] choices
> > >
> > > on 10/8/02 3:16 PM, Steve Katz at stevek@jmr.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > I wouldn't mount a G5RV as an inverted vee; actually a G5RV's not
> much
> > > of an
> > > > antenna on 80m at all, so I wouldn't bother with it.
> > >
> > > I agree.  I had one up and dumped it for an Alpha-Delta multi-band
> dipole
> > > which while very sharp and narrow banded on 80 still is a very good
> > > antenna
> > > for domestic stations on 80 and 40 at my height of about 45 feet.
> > >
> > > The G5RV on 80 sorta acts like a capacitively loaded vertical, but not
> > > really....
> > >
> > > 73,
> > >
> > > Jon
> > > NA9D
> > >
> > > -------------------------------------
> > > Jon Ogden
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> > >
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