I'm surprised that no one has mentioned MY favorite antenna(s):
1) A 2-el spider-boom quad at 40 ft., covering 20-6M (including the WARC bands): https://www.qsl.net/ei7ba/Cubical%20Quad.htm 2) A ZS6BKW dipole, which is 92 ft. long, includes a 40 ft. window line section, and then 75 ft. of coax. I only use it on 30-80M, using the ATU on my K3S to tune into it: https://www.amateurradiosupplies.com/product-p/11003.htm The quad is a pile-up buster, especially on 20M. It's been up for about 10 years, so needs some TLC, but I'd say that it's held up pretty well, considering everyone says that quads don't (hold up well). A 2-el quad performs at or better than a 3-el yagi at low heights above ground (35 vs 65 ft), and I have the wallpaper to prove it. The ZS6BKW is up about 35-40 ft. (slopes at one end) and doesn't do so well for DX, but is a killer for NA contests (NAQP, Sweepstakes, MI QSO party) from the Midwest. This all fits on a postage-stamp lot, in a non-HOA neighborhood. Ya gotta' make do with what you can get up in the air... 73, -- Dave, N8SBE ______________________________________________________________ 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
