I have one here and would not be able
to do much on 160 without it.
Patterns depend mostly on what antennas
you hook to it. I have tried short verts, was
not happy. Now use 2 aperiodic loops which
look toward Europe. They are 100 feet or so
apart. Works well, and I use this setup as
follows.
Lankford's stuff works great.
I have used his antenna which does NOT use
a preamp.it's only suitable for situations
where match to the feedline isn't critical, but
it sure is great to not have any preamp outside.
de K8RYU
From: Topband on behalf
of Mikek
QRN still at summer levels here in Ohio.
Has been especially bad with the storms
that have passed thru the south. The lightning
static from them is single hop to most of the
eastern US.
de K8RYU
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It is my opinion that there are two kinds of switching power
supplies---the kind that are messing up your radio today and
the ones that will at a later time. I believe they are not
compatible with HF radio at a fundamental level, thought we
must learn to live with them.
Two instances...one
I have a couple of those here, about 150 feet long and they have
at times surprised the heck out of me.
My best one is made with very fine wire...2 strands of #26 I think
it is, maybe #24, telco crosscut wire it was. It is about 150
feet long and has given better results than those I have had
