[WriteLog] SO2R contesting question

[AD6E@aol.com]

Frank, 

Check out http://www.k2kw.com for info on how to use verticals. The issue 
isn't really the band, its ground loss. thats why verticals are poor on the 
ground, a little better on the roof, and hugely better sitting on the beach. 
I was part of the 4M7X group and I know first hand how good verticals can be 
if installed on a salt marsh. From the reports I've heard, our signal on 
10meters was just as loud as the 6/6/6 stations even with our simple 
verticals.

For SO2R, a roof mounted vertical can be an excellent 2nd radio antenna, but 
don't expect it to be as good as a small yagi... especially from Brooklyn  ;-)

73, Al  AD6E




In a message dated 6/10/2001 20:05:26 Pacific Daylight Time, 
flgrossman@earthlink.net writes:

> 
>  Off topic comment on the back yard vertical issue...
>  
>  Ground mounted verticals just don't really work for 20 Mtrs and up.  I read
>  on some newsgroup eons ago that the physics of the antenna means it won't
>  radiate much above 10 MHz.  I've had a back yard vertical--admittedly with
>  ground rods but no radials--for almost 30 years and it's performed
>  reasonably well on 40 (worked 9G0ARS in one call on 7002 this evening), but
>  replaced it with dipoles for 20 and up early on.
>  
>  You think operating form a small urban lot you own is tough for DX'ing and
>  contesting--try a rented apartment in Brooklyn.  :-)
>  
>  73,
>  Frank
>  

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