Re: [Elecraft] Verticals on mountaintops

2015-07-20 Thread Jim Brown
Hi Al, As it happens, W6GJB and I are building a custom 80M vertical for FD use on a mountaintop. As part of the design process, I've compared it to an inverted Vee at the height where we could rig it without trees. The model, of course, is for "flatland," and while HFTA can tell us how being

Re: [Elecraft] Verticals on mountaintops

2015-07-20 Thread Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT
Keep in mind that the self-supported antenna may not be on a mountaintop. 73 -- Lynn On 7/20/2015 9:58 AM, Al Lorona wrote: [I've re-named this thread. Was 'Miniature self-supporting HF Antennas'.] __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http

Re: [Elecraft] Verticals on mountaintops

2015-07-20 Thread WILLIS COOKE via Elecraft
If you are really connected to the earth and the resistance of the earth is really infinite then your efficiency is zero and it has the same effect as if you only have a shielded wire connected to the radiator.  But this is impossible in real life, but is you install a counterpoise that is reson

Re: [Elecraft] Verticals on mountaintops

2015-07-20 Thread WILLIS COOKE via Elecraft
rman K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS From: Jim Brown To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, July 20, 2015 12:14 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Verticals on mountaintops Hi Al, As it happens, W6GJB and I are building a custom 80M vertical for FD use on a mountaintop. As part of the design