[TowerTalk] One of our own...

[Courtney Judd]

hey Steve, yes, I did enjoy the article about verticals/beach, very 
educational! BUT, in the same issue of QST another article "If you can 
hang a full-size vertical loop, then hang a dipole" really made me roll 
my eyes. While I have never done any modeling, 50 plus years of playing 
with various antennas leaves me with the opposite conclusion.  A loop is 
ALWAYS better than a dipole in my experience. I wanted to spend some 
time on 160 some years back so I strung up a dipole at 110 ft with the 
resonant point at 1840.00.... worked great.... all kinds of dx.... BUT 
the 2:1 swr points were only 7.5 kz up and down... even with a tuner the 
antenna preformed poorly beyond that.  It was just un-satisfactory so i 
pulled it down and replaced it with the 160 antenna I still use today. A 
full wave loop fed at a lower corner, top at the same 110 ft point. I 
did have to tilt it 15 deg from the vertical to get it in the property 
lines but it works like a bandit. It is quiet and broad banded: 2:1 is 
1800 to 1890 and works well over the whole frequency! I would NEVER 
replace it with a dipole. Well, thats my 2 cents and I am sticking to 
it! lol, 73's Cort K4WI
> K7LXC--- via TowerTalk <mailto:towertalk at contesting.com>
> Wednesday, May 25, 2016 10:32 AM
> Howdy, TowerTalkians --
>
> One of our esteemed members, Grant, KZ1W, has had an article published
> in the new QST called "Verticals On The Beach - Some Modeling Results".
> It's a well thought out article with actual on-the-air performance 
> compared
> to predicted modeling results. A real practical article for anyone
> interested in vertical performance.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve K7LXC
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