A longer wire produces sharper lobes and, taken to an extreme, the pattern breaks into multiple lobes. So it all depends upon whether the other station is aligned with one of the lobes.
73, Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dave Cole (NK7Z) Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 9:11 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Long wire antennas Not sure I believe this, lets say a 40 meter dipole, and an 80 meter dipole-- the 40 dipole works far better on 40, than the 80 meter works on 40, so not always is more wire better. Now if you are talking long wire, and forgot to state that, I am not sure, I'd have to get the modeling software out... 73s and thanks, Dave NK7Z http://www.nk7z.net On 01/10/2018 05:28 PM, William Levy wrote: > COSMIC rule of antennas! The more wire the better. Always. ______________________________________________________________ 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 r...@cobi.biz ______________________________________________________________ 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
