Hello, I have been using one of these "no counterpoise" antennas with my K1-4 and KAT1. It seems to work pretty well - good match with ATU on all bands and I can make contacts.
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/4762 It's essentially a 50 foot piece of twin lead with the "ground" side cut short. A Zepp, I guess. I don't know much about antennas. A question for the antenna savvy - do you think a simple random wire (or perhaps 1/2 wave or 1/4 wave) with 1/4 wave ground radials would work better? I'd like to try myself, but I don't have spare wire. I'll get some, but probably not in time for field day. Also, I've been using this "no counterpoise" antenna in an upside-down L shape, going out my apartment window, horizontally over to a tree, and then down to about 10' off the ground. Should this antenna work oriented 100% vertically? I am trying to decide how to rig it up on field day from the ground up into a tree. Any idea on what the expected radiation pattern would be? Thanks, Jason AC6XA _______________________________________________ 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
