A dipole cut for the band is certainly best, but in a pinch, compromise antennas will still allow you to make a few contacts. I've checked into 40 meter nets many times running 3 watts (SSB) into a 25' sloping wire tossed into a tree, or 10 W mobile into a 52" center-loaded whip.
Wayne N6KR On Apr 24, 2014, at 8:57 AM, george fritkin <georgefrit...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Since you are going to operate only one band, why not a resonate dipole. 40 > meters should be ok and the antenna is only 66 feet long. The added benefit > is no antenna tuner needed. You will find shortened antennas like the > Buddipole are not that efficient. I would suggest that before the trip, try > a couple of different configurations locally with your friends using 40 > meters as a test, > > 73 > de > George, W6GF > On Thursday, April 24, 2014 8:43 AM, Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: > Hi Johnny, > > On 40 meters, I work all over the West Coast (0-1000 miles north/south) > during the daytime with 5 to 10 W. The antenna is a random-length OCF dipole > about 15' off the ground. I'm not sure how many clouds I'm burning, but many > of the stations I work are short- and medium-range. I think this should work > in your situation. > > Wayne > N6KR ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
