Steve Been there done that! The counterpoise will radiate and that RF will mostly be absorbed into the building or ground. So potentially you could lose half the radiated signal. EZNEC models of that type of antenna usually give RF going mostly straight up in the air... Perhaps OK on 80 or 40 to work locals but generally not much use on the higher bands.
On trips to my YLs parents place in Spain, I originally had a wire going vertically up to a fishing rod on a balcony, then horizontal for about 40 feet, overall length about 70 feet. That was fed against 4 radials, one for each band. The radio was outside on a patio table. More recently I use a ground plane made from a fishing pole with the base about 20 or so feet above ground and 2 radials per band, it works far better. Also a doublet fed with 300 Ohm ribbon works better than the end fed wire. Radios are either a K1 or K2 (10W version). Good luck. Dave, G4AON >What have some of you done that works? > >Steve, KC8QVO ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
