N0AZZ wrote > Another question what seems to be a minimum height for the Par to be > effective? Yes I know higher is better trying to get a handle on this for > an > end fed. I have no experience with this type of antenna and thinking of > field use and supports.
Fred, in terms of angle of radiation versus height, it will behave similar to a dipole. If you can get it up a half wavelength or higher in the air, great, but it will work well only a quarter wave off the ground (with higher angle of radiation). If the ground slopes down in the direction of propagation, it doesn't have to be high at all. I used it once on a mountain summit about 6ft off the ground and it worked like gangbusters. 73, Barry N1EU -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/OT-On-the-subject-of-best-portable-antennas-tp7569259p7569271.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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
