Don’t have that much room. My available space is about 150’ x 250’ with the tower in middle of it. House separates that area from the front yard which is 150’ x 150’. Had the K9AY in the front yard, also tried the SAL-30 there. Very directional but couldn’t hear Europe any better than on the L. Tried a BOG but it may have been too long. Probably 300-350’ It went across the top of my radial field for the tower/L. (And into half of the neighbors front yard) Pointed towards EU....completely deaf compared to the L.
Haven’t given up hope... Cecil K5DL > On Aug 7, 2018, at 6:06 PM, Mike Waters <mikew...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I also live in a very quiet location. But put up a directional one-wavelength > Beverage pointed at Europe, Asia, Oceana, or Africa, and you'll see how much > noise that you really have! :-) > > 73, Mike > www.w0btu.com > Please see my Beverage antenna information there > >> On Tue, Aug 7, 2018, 5:53 PM chacuff <chac...@cableone.net> wrote: >> I don't have problems with noise...which may be why RX antennas don't >> perform a whole lot better than my TX antenna. I wouldn't say it's extremely >> quiet but it's not excessively noisy. Hope to play more with antennas this >> fall and winter. >> >> Cecil >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: Mike Waters <mikew...@gmail.com> >> Date: 8/7/18 4:58 PM (GMT-06:00) >> To: Phil Duff <n...@suddenlink.net> >> Cc: topband <topband@contesting.com> >> Subject: Re: Topband: making a bev seem longer >> >> A loop such as that has a very narrow null at very low angles, and >> therefore it's usually not very effective for anything except for local RFI >> or another local ham. For power line or nearby QRN, it's useful. But that's >> about it. There are much better RX antennas. >> >> 73, Mike >> www.w0btu.com >> >> On Mon, Aug 6, 2018, 7:37 PM Phil Duff <n...@suddenlink.net> wrote: >> >> > > On Aug 6, 2018, at 7:06 PM, Cecil Acuff <chac...@cableone.net> wrote: >> > > Wish I could find an effective RX antenna that showed a great s/n >> > improvement over the L. >> > >> > Look into a magnetic loop such as the design by N6RK as described in a >> > past NCJ: >> > >> > http://www.n6rk.com/loopantennas/NCJ_loop_antenna_N6RK.pdf >> > >> > I use one on 160/80 and find it effective at improving the S/N ratio over >> > my vertically polarized 160m and 80m transmit antennas. >> > >> > >> > de Phil NA4M >> _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband