'Cookie' Noted...but I think full-band, no-tuner coverage of 40/20/15/10 isn't too shabby.
Dave On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 1:18 PM, WILLIS COOKE <[email protected]> wrote: > The request was in response to a statement that the KAT-500 was not > required if an all band antenna was used. The challenge was to name an > antenna that will give full coverage WITHOUT TUNER making the KAT-500 > superfluous. Of course, full coverage of 20 is 14.0 to 14.35 and 80 and 160 > are included. Alpha-Delta makes nice products, but achieving full coverage > on 160, 80, 20 and 10 is elusive. Maybe you only work CW and don't care > about the phone band or 10 meter FM, but if so, you don't require full > coverage. Even 40 requires you to accept a pretty high SWR at the ends to > cover the whole 40 meter band. LPs can be good for broad banding, but even > the RCA LPs that I saw on Guam with the rotors that weighed about a ton only > covered 7.0 MHz and up. > > Willis 'Cookie' Cooke > K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Dave Wright <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Wed, July 13, 2011 11:43:49 AM > *Subject:* Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 and KAT500 Ports > > I'll second that Alpha-Delta reference. Full band coverage on 40/20/15/10, > plus about 100kHz on 75/80, partial-full coverage on 17m although it isn't > cut for it, and some 6m as well. Full coverage 80m-6m with tuner...and > even > 160m, but the efficiency has to be terrible. > > And easily handles 500w+ > > 73 > > Dave > > On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Ken - K0PP <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Cookie, > > > > My Alpha-Delta pretty much meets the no-tuner-needed > > requirement. It's just a fan dipole with another name. (:-) > > I'm aware of at least five of them in this sparsely ham > > populated area. It -is- bandwidth limited on 80/75, but > > mine's cut for 3550. > > > > My station is often used in major contests (KE7X) and > > we put up the AD as a 2nd station antenna that doesn't > > need any attention ... just switch to it and go. > > > > It's extremely well-made, but very heavy. It's at 65', > > help up with 3/8" Dacron rope and heavy pulleys. > > > > 73! Ken - K0PP > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > -- > Dave > K3DCW > www.k3dcw.net > > "Real radio bounces off of the sky" > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- Dave K3DCW www.k3dcw.net "Real radio bounces off of the sky" ______________________________________________________________ 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
