Yeah, until we get room temperature superconductors. As you probably know, the losses in small antennas are in the resistive losses in the conductors (including loading coils) compounded by the very high circulating currents that necessarily occur when they are made small in terms of wavelengths.
Still, the convenience offered by some of these "portable" antennas in setting them up and breaking them down quickly is worth a fair bit. And, as many "buddipole" users have noted, it's hard to find a tree at the seashore... When I moved from California to Oregon I asked the FCC for a new call sign since I have always advocated for calls that represent the area in which we live in the USA. In California back in the 1970's I traded in my call I had had since 1952, W6QAS, for whatever came up in their assignments of 2X1 calls. Their computer coughed up got AC6Y - the 76th FCC assigned call assigned and perfect for CW - and I wondered if it really wanted to give it up when moving to Oregon. But I did and the FCC assigned me a "7" call from their computer database AC7AC. No "vanity" call, just what came up next. I couldn't argue with that, Hi! Sometimes the FCC computer assigns something as good as you might be tempted to pay for... Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- Thank you all... Well I guess the laws of physics are still in full force. There certainly are times when I wish the rules could be bent...just a bit. On the other hand... It's comforting to know that some things simply don't change. So its the same old story... If yu want a big sig... Area, altitude and horsepower. Phil Santa Fe, NM K2 & 3 Let my ticket expire early in the last cycle... I'll get a new one in the spring. I'm looking for a Sugar Sugar Radio suffix ... Indiana, Fla. Vermont, Ca. And KH land. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
