Before we laugh too much, underground antennas do work. See "Practical Wire Antennas", John Heys, G3BDQ, p79: Subsurface (underground) Antennas. (OK, define, "work").
Rich NU6T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dave Andrus Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 11:41 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] April QST: review and The Secret is Out Finally, relief from my homeowners' association's restriction on antennas! Forget verticals and dipoles, I'm going to go bury a 4-el tribander in my back yard as soon as I find the time! ;-) 73, Dave K7DAA http://www.k7daa.com On Mar 19, 2008, at 11:10 PM, Alan Bloom wrote: > My favorite Larson E. Rapp article was the one about the buried > antenna. He had read in the Antenna Book that every dipole has an > "image" antenna an equal distance below ground. So he figured you > could > just as well put the real antenna under ground and then the image > would > be up in the air. > > I understand that some guy was actually digging up his yard before a > buddy clued him in. :=) > > Al N1AL > > > On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 21:24, Lyle Johnson wrote: >> T. David Yarnes wrote: >>> Hmmmmmmmmmm! Has Larson E. Rapp been reincarnated in the body of >>> Steven >>> G. Katz? >> >> I think they are 3rd cousins, twice removed. >> >> Lyle >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> You must be a subscriber to post to the list. >> Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): >> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm >> Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
