On Sat, 08 May 2004 13:51:15 -0500, Cecil Moore
wrote:

'Doc wrote:
Hey Cecil, 4% is better than 2%, and a 'hunerd'% increase
in efficiency!
(I agree with you anyway...)

A 2% efficient radiator and a 2% efficient counterpoise
doesn't add up to 4% total efficiency. :-)

Anyone who wants a portable rotatable dipole on 75m can
do much, much better than two Hustlers. Two SD-20 poles
with high-Q loading coils in the middle of each comes to
mind. And that's not much more trouble than two Hustlers.
The SD-20 approach is available at http://www.wr6w6.com

The question was the length of a counterpoise, not a rotatable dipole.
I figured another Hustler sure beats running radials out in a portable
situation.

If someone was to ask you how to make their Chevy run better would you
tell him to get a Ford? ;-)

Ron

Ron wrote:
I figured another Hustler sure beats running radials out in a portable
situation.

Maybe so, and I figured a slightly different approach would
triple the radiated power. Anyone who uses a mobile antenna
for portable operation on 75m is simply wasting power since
portable antennas invariably can be longer/higher.

If someone was to ask you how to make their Chevy run better would you
tell him to get a Ford? ;-)

No, but if someone asks me how to make their Ford run better,
I would tell him to get a Chevy. :-)
--
73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp



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On Sun, 09 May 2004 11:35:42 -0500, Cecil Moore
wrote:

Ron wrote:
I figured another Hustler sure beats running radials out in a portable
situation.

Maybe so, and I figured a slightly different approach would
triple the radiated power. Anyone who uses a mobile antenna
for portable operation on 75m is simply wasting power since
portable antennas invariably can be longer/higher.

If someone was to ask you how to make their Chevy run better would you
tell him to get a Ford? ;-)

No, but if someone asks me how to make their Ford run better,
I would tell him to get a Chevy. :-)

Well, now, that's more like it :-)

Ron