--- John W2XS wrote: The 42-foot wire received slightly lower signal reports than the inverted V, but most people said that they could still hear me fine on the wire. To my surprise, though, most people reported no real difference with and without the counterpoise. I don't know if this was a circumstance of my particular installation, but I would have thought that the counterpoise would make more difference. --- end of quote ---
John, I've read in a number of places that the counterpoise should ideally be slightly longer than the antenna wire. Perhaps that is why little difference was noted. 73, Charlie N1AOK _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com