n2qfd wrote to All <=-
What sort of simple wire antenna's are working for you? What makes
sense on a .5 acre lot that's only got some 150' to spare?
Everyone got a favorite...
What's the consensus on antennas for broad band coverage?
I had a G5RV that worked pretty well pretty much the entire spectrum years ago. It took all sorts of shapes apart from the standard Inverted V, and it was a coated wire so it even went through the trees pretty well. It did great on QRP for me even thought that was typically 40m.
Due to a move I had to start using end fed antennas, and I put up a 40m Zepp. It works a charm but not I have an all mode/band radio again and I'd like to get back to broad and tunable coverage.
I have an old Hy-Gain vertical that was a general coverage antenna and it does work, but not nearly as well as a wire. Directionals are fine but working mostly 20-40-80 I don't have the wallet or the real estate for beams. Wires have gotten me the most bang for the buck over the years and I'm sticking with that. What I have noticed though is I can probably swing a G5RV again or similarly sized dipole, or I could give a multi band end a go with the room I have using the center support and running the end out to the rear of the property.
What sort of simple wire antenna's are working for you? What makes sense on a .5 acre lot that's only got some 150' to spare?
Thoughts?
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n2qfd wrote to All <=-
Everyone got a favorite...
What's the consensus on antennas for broad band coverage?
Any low budgett hf setups (QRP is fine with me) for a bit of SSB thrown in? :D
I use an inverted-V dipole tuned to 40m on my roof. The center is in the middle of the roof where my tv antenna pole is located.
Works very well for 40m, but tunning it to anything else is not very efficient. On 80m it is completely deaf.
n2qfd wrote to All <=-
Everyone got a favorite...
What's the consensus on antennas for broad band coverage?
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