On Oct 29, 11:51 am, Michael Coslo wrote:


It is narrow, but that's only been a big problem on 80.

I've seen some on 80 where the people would tune them
at driving speeds because the leaning back of the antenna
would detune far enough to be a problem. :/
They didn't have a wide enough bandwidth to really get
both positions with a good match. Good performing
antenna though.
How well mine does depends on the path, distance, etc..
On 40m, mine will beat my dipole which is at 35-40 ft
on paths over about 1000 miles or so late at night.
IE: Houston to Florida.
We tested that many times to make sure it was not
a fluke. I have no trouble on 80, but it also varies with
time of day, distance. It's probably at it's worst real early
in the evening to close NVIS range stations. But as it gets
later, it will usually get better and better once the band gets
stable and stretches out a bit. As usual, the longer the path,
the better it might do vs a med height dipole.
But I'm often pretty strong even to NVIS range stations.
Not uncommon to be over S 9.. Sometimes 10-20 over..
Course, all the guys on dipoles might be hitting them at
30-40 over.. :/ But no problem talking. And I've never run
an amp mobile.. Just 100w..
MK