[TowerTalk] antenna choices for K4XS
Tom Osborne
w7why at frontier.com
Sun Apr 12 21:44:00 EDT 2015
That was Howie, W2QHH. Look him up sometimes. Had 'em all and highest
power he ever used was the Johnson Ranger and a long wire antenna.
That was before packet, et al. 73
Tom W7WHY
On 4/12/2015 6:13 PM, jcjacobsen at q.com wrote:
> How do to all,
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> I remember reading...YEARS ago (OK, so I'm old also)about someone who was on the Honor Roll using a Collins 75A4, a Johnson Ranger, and a 260 FOOT long wire. I believe his total on 160 was also very high......... OH, and again if I remember correctly, it was all on CW............ The propagation Gods sure level the playing field.
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> In closing, use what ya got............. but use it. GET ON THE AIR!!. Quit worrying abut the last .5db of gain.
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> 73
> K9WN Jake
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