Jim, "The more work you put into the antenna the better the payoff no matter what the transmitter." Truer words have never been spoken! My lot is 48X108ft. I do have a Hygain vertical and a MiniQuad that may get put back into service. I used to run QRP with the vertical on 80-10 meters with a Heath HW-8. I worked all over when conditions were fair to better. I also used the 75 meter half sloper to check in toa cw net every day. They could hear me so I guess it was oK. I'm negotiating with a friend here in Toledo to take custody of his DX-100. That should help on 75 AM. "Have some splainin to do Lucy" about the size of the stuff I am bringing into the house. Thanks for the advice and good conversation. Hope to meet you on the air some time. Ken --- Jim Wilhite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Ken, > > How much space do you have? If your tower is 50-60 > ft. could you > possibly install an Inverted L? Say 55 ft vertical > (the more the > better) with the rest horizontal out to about > 160-170 ft and the end > as high as possible. Feed that with 50 ohm coax and > use a series > cap in the center of 100-300 pico farads. If you > will do that, you > will be able to tune the thing on all bands with a > good tuner at the > transmitter. The downside is that it will be a > better antenna for > long distant communications and not as good for > distances out to 500 > miles. I have 44 ft. vertical and the rest > horizontal and it works > on 160 both close in and at a distance (as many > radials as you can > put in). > > On 75 meters, however it is distance dependent. > Close in stations > are weak, stations out over 500 miles do well. As > for power, the DX > 40 will have trouble on 160 and 75 on AM in the > evening. However on > 40 and above you will make adequate contacts. On CW > you will do > fine on 75-10 and ok on 160. I have a 40/75 meter > dipole (the poles > support the ends as high as the center), the > inverted L plus a 5 > band beam for the upper bands. I find the L works > fine on the upper > bands. > > For transmitters I use a B&W 5100B for SSB, a B&W > 5100 , Globe > Champion 300A and a Globe King 500A. On the upper > bands, power is > not that important, but on 75, especially at night, > it is. CW is > much more forgiving than AM so take that into > consideration. The > more work you put into the antenna the better the > payoff no matter > what the transmitter. > > 73 > > Jim/W5JO > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken Zuercher" < > > > > Jim, If I had a little more land, I'd put up > dipoles > > also. I am however using half slopers on 40,20, > and 10 > > meters. the longest is only 32 feet. The 40 meter > unit > > tunes well on 15 also. i haven't worked anyone on > 15 > > as I haven't been around when the band is open. I > am > > just about able to put up a 75 meter half sloper > to a > > point on a tree from the tower. What do you use to > > tickle the dipoles? I have a Heath DX-40 which is > more > > than enough for any cw contact but I haven't done > more > > than test on AM. Do you think the higher bands > will go > > with the lower power on AM? > > Thanks for the advice in advance! > > Ken KC8QO > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > List Rules (must read!): > http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
