[TowerTalk] Truth, Fiction, or Fantasy?

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> There was a time when the League wouldn't allow these antennas into 
 > the pages of QST.

I don't know ... Gotham's verticals were all over QST when I was getting
interested/studying for my Novice.  I consider their "whip with manually
tapped coil" equivalent to the "42 ft vertical" ... particularly the
"no radials" and multi band operation claims.

 > Today's EFHW and OCF dipoles replace yesterday's 43 ft vertical.

The EFHW and OCF dipoles have their place *IF* one understands their
operation and how to use them *PROPERLY*.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 2022-04-26 3:08 PM, Paul Christensen wrote:
>>>    “The Joe Hams of this world . . . where currently 60% of them seem to be quite happy with an EFHW antenna, 30% with an EFRW (Random Wire) antenna, and 10% understand antenna technology.”
> 
>> The mind boggles.
> 
>> 73, Jim K9YC
> 
> Today's EFHW and OCF dipoles replace yesterday's 43 ft vertical.
> 
> There was a time when the League wouldn't allow these antennas into the pages of QST.  Anyone recall when QST put Garant Enterprises out of business in the early 1990s?
> 
>   Paul, W9AC
>