Dear OMs,
Of course the other side of the story is that a good many of the
distant stations being worked by the QRP station have large Yagis up high.
Those Yagis are doing the job for both parties.
I found it relatively easy to work the States with an inside AlexLoop
tickled by 10 watts at the tail end of an ARRL DX Contest. The fellows I
was working were running out of responders and they had the antennas to hear
my pip squeak. It was fun though.
So hail to big antennas whenever they can be had and amazement when
QRP with a small antenna inside gets through. Some of us go on QRP just
because QRO can make us jaded but when I want to work on my CW rag chewing
400 Watts to a Yagi smoothes the process.
73 Doug EI2CN
KX1, KX3, K3
-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jack Chomley
Sent: 07 February 2014 01:23
To: stan levandowski
Cc: Elecraft List
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] (OT) -- Regarding the QRP Discussion
I would not say the Omniangle is a compromise antenna if it works :-) The
operator had nothing else to compare it with and was able to make many
contacts with it!
We would all like a big Yagi I guess, but they weigh more than a few pounds.
The thrill really, is doing more......with less!
Incidentally, I am about to find out just how good an Omniangle on 20 metres
is, Dale shipped mine out, earlier this week.
73,
Jack VK4JRC
Club. www.cqara.org.au
Member WIA SARL ARRL
GQRP #14392
QRPARCI #15068
VKQRP. #833
> On 7 Feb 2014, at 11:05 am, stan levandowski <sjl...@optonline.net> wrote:
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> FYI - if any Listers here happened to work 3DA0US in the last couple of
days, you might be interested to learn that he was running a KX3 at between
5 and 10 watts depending upon his DC input level. His antenna was a PAR
Omni Angle on a 22 foot fiberglass pole. He made 400 contacts in two days
of operating and he was only on a few hours each day. In a couple of weeks
he'll be operating as 7P8US with the same rig and antenna.
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> The PAR Omni Angle is only a 7 foot aluminum rectangle with a matching
network and it only weighs a couple of pounds. Most hams would probably dub
the Par Omni Angle a "suboptimal" or "compromise" antenna.
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> A well versed operator, knowledge of propagation, patience, preparation,
perseverance and top shelf equipment goes a long way to offset the handicap
of a "compromise" antenna.
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> 73, Stan WB2LQF
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