I found this antenna to work very well on QRP. 34ft either side, inverted V
at 30ft high and 45ft 300 ohm slotted ribbon is what I used as per the
article. On 7mhz and above it worked VERY well and 3.5mhz was a little down
but still very useable. I was using 5 watts or less, CW, RTTY, PSK & SSB.
I now have it rolled up ready for portable work as I have more room for
larger antenna now. Of course results depend on location but excellent
performance for what it is.

73 Peter VK2EVB
"Theplanters95" wrote in message
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From April 2001, QST.

The NJQRP squirt is a 40M dipole with each leg at 34 ft, feed with 300 ohm
twinlead for use on 80M. I'm thinking of putting one up, but using 450
ohm
window line going to my trusty Dentron Jr. antenna tuner. How will this
antenna perform on 75m-6m?

My guess is that since each leg is more than 1/2 wavelength on the bands
above
20m, it will exhibit some gain. On 40m, it would be a dipole, and
according to
the article, will exhibit about 1 S unit (7.7 DB) with 300 ohmline of loss
on
75/80m.

I do not have the means to model this antenna. The antenna will be
between 10
and 20 feet high (I'm looking for NVIS for ARES on 75m & 40m). With these
parameters, will the antenna be ok for DX on the higher bands? Is it an
ok
compromise until I put up a loop antenna? I'm just interested in getting a
signal out!

Randy ka4nma

you can email me directly at , after making the
neccessary correction.