Hi Frank,
As mentioned elsewhere, radials are key to good performance. Verticals will
work, and sometimes not badly either, with less than optimum radials. The
key is high density under the feed point. Flashing may be a good option, a
metal roof would be great.
That being said, I know a lot of
Have to say I like what you did Dunc!
Elegant and sounds like it's effective to boot!
73,
Julius
Dunc Carter - W5DC wrote:
See:
http://vibrotek.com/w5dc/w5dcant.html
It's not exactly what you asked for but it might give you some useful
ideas. The WARC bands and 80 meters are not
Hi Frank:
Lots of K3 users have the SteppIR BigIR vertical. I know this from being a
member of both Yahoo groups. You might want to pose the same question on the
SteppIR Yahoo group.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SteppIR/
And I just thought you would like to know that SteppIR has just
The antenna by itself maybe small, but keep in mind that in order to make it
function properly, you need radials and lots of 'em.
If you mount the vertical on the ground, radial length is less important. If
you mount is with elevated radials you need at least 2 tuned radials for
each band to make
I have the Hi-Q 4/80 screwdriver antenna and have only used it mobile so
far. It is a great antenna as far as mobile operation goes. I may use it
parked in the driveway as one of my fixed antennas for some upcoming
contests.You could use the Hi-Q antenna with radials or just leave it on
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