Quarter wave vertical is not good antenna for serious DX, I suppose. Compared to 3 el yagi at 300f ;-)
http://vimeo.com/27737232 But Wellbrook antennas are good also. Timo, OH5KW At 19:18 -0700 11/4/12, wb6r...@mac.com wrote: >On Apr 11, 2012, at 12:23 PM, W2PM wrote: > > Nice for nulling strong local point source noise but that's it. It >will enable qsos not possible otherwise and some DX I suppose but >Wellbrook is not a good choice for any serious DX work. No mag >antenna is. >_______ > >I would not be too quick to dismiss small magnetic receiving loops >from consideration for DX work. I used a coax diamond loop, 5 feet >on a side, on a rotator at 20 feet, prior to trying larger wire >loops. The small loop enabled many contacts in Europe from my West >Coast city lot. The signals were otherwise unreadable on my transmit >vertical. > >Small loops are relatively inexpensive to build. A pre-amp and >usually a front end RX signal limiter are necessary and add to the >overall investment but those can be used with any RX only antenna. A >loop and a transmit vertical used for diversity receive can be >surprising. > >I highly recommend small receive loops if your real-estate will not >allow for more. > >73 - Steve WB6RSE > > >_______________________________________________ >UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK