Re: [Elecraft] Very short 80m antenna
On Sun,1/22/2017 4:34 AM, Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP wrote: there is no way to put up a vertical more than about 3m high, and no room for radials longer than a few meters. Hi Vic, Can you bond to the structure of your building near the base of a vertical? If so, it will serve as a very effective counterpoise. Then your 6m vertical with loading has a pretty good chance of working fairly well. 73, Jim K9YC __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Very short 80m antenna
A good book to read on this subject is "Short Vertical Antenna and Ground Radial" By Jerry Sevick W2FMI http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/books/0554.html From: James RodenkirchTo: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2017 8:03 AM Subject: [Elecraft] Very short 80m antenna Don't give up on the notion of a shortened vertical just yet, Vic. Peruse this site and see if there is anything that can help - http://www.arising.com.au/people/holland/ralph/shortvert.htm 72 de Jim Rodenkirch K9JWV __ 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 hlyin...@yahoo.com __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Very short 80m antenna
How about 0.007 wavelenght? NAA did this on 24 KHz with 800-960' towers. The key is the extensive top hat design and $$$. Feedpoint Z = On 1/22/2017 13:09 PM, James Rodenkirch wrote: A couple of other "info sites to explore," Vic. http://www.k7mem.com/Electronic_Notebook/antennas/shortant.html http://www.qsl.net/vk3jeg/loadpole.html http://www.qsl.net/vk3jeg/loadpole.html (good info on capacitive hats here) 72 de Jim Rodenkirch K9JWV __ 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 als...@comcast.net __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] Very short 80m antenna
Hi, everything is possible: https://www.qrz.com/db/K2MIJ 73 de Hajo Gruss Hajo --- Cela est bien dit, mais il faut cultiver notre jardin. http://hajos-kontrapunkte.blogspot.de/ On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 2:03 PM, James Rodenkirchwrote: > Don't give up on the notion of a shortened vertical just yet, Vic. > > Peruse this site and see if there is anything that can help - > http://www.arising.com.au/people/holland/ralph/shortvert.htm > > 72 de Jim Rodenkirch K9JWV > __ > 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 dl1...@gmail.com __ 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