Good for you Philip - and I hope what they take away from this is that you can gain loads of enjoyment from seemingly minimalist setups.
That's the thrill of QRP: Doing more with less, and sometimes intentionally putting limits on the gear to see just what you can do with almost nothing. For many, it amplifies the fun factor. No disrespect to QRO and bigger/better antennas... they're great too. 73, --Andrew, NV1B maineware.net .. On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 5:25 PM, David Gilbert <[email protected]>wrote: > > I sincerely hope nobody takes you seriously. It may radiate something, > but the manufacturer's claims for this antenna are simply ridiculous. > > Dave AB7E > > > > > On 11/29/2012 3:07 PM, Philip G0ISW wrote: > >> You may be surprised with the results. >> >> My Miracle Whip antenna was used by me extensively on holiday in France >> with >> a Yaesu FT-817 and I was working all over Europe on it with 5 Watts on SSB >> speech. >> >> My best DX with the Miracle whip was indoors from home on 14 MHz when I >> worked Venezuela in South America again with 5 Watts SSB speech. >> >> Hope that encourages you to use it. >> >> 73 de Philip G0ISW >> >> http://www.qsl.net/g0isw >> >> ______________________________________________________________ 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
