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December 8th 10, 07:14 PM
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Too Quiet!
In John Ferrell
wrote: I keep hearing that it takes a beam antenna way up in the air and lots of power to work DX. I was running 30 watts PSK into an end fed half wave vertical that is a ground level. I've got 236 worked and 223 confirmed, running 100 watts into a vertical. I keep hearing that the problem with verticals is that they radiate equally poorly in all directions... Well, that's true. -- Bert Hyman W0RSB St. Paul, MN |
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December 9th 10, 03:48 PM
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Too Quiet!
On 08 Dec 2010 19:14:16 GMT, Bert Hyman wrote:
In John Ferrell wrote: I keep hearing that it takes a beam antenna way up in the air and lots of power to work DX. I was running 30 watts PSK into an end fed half wave vertical that is a ground level. I've got 236 worked and 223 confirmed, running 100 watts into a vertical. I keep hearing that the problem with verticals is that they radiate equally poorly in all directions... Well, that's true. Also a truth: They radiate equally well in all compass points! John Ferrell W8CCW |
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