Yes sure... Kurt N. Sterba who once wrote an article in World Radio about how he connected two shopping carts to the end of his coax and worked the world. So working this or that is very unimpressive. Have you ever been he a QSO and turned the power down from a 100 watts to 1 watt and were still Q5?
Sent from my iPad Chuck, KE9UW (Jack for BMW motorcycles) On Feb 14, 2013, at 2:38 PM, "Elecraft K3" <k...@hollywoodtitle.com> wrote: > There is a reason that the G5RV is a good beginner's first antenna, IMO. It > is relatively easy to install. > > Of course the same size antenna performs better as a doublet fed with > balanced line, but I had a lot of trouble with balanced line when I was > starting out. I didn't know enough to get usable matches. Feedline length, > routing and balun issues, while simple for me to solve now, were just too > much for me to solve in the beginning. > > The G5RV got me on 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 40, 60 and 80 all at once. Admittedly > not very well on all, but I made contacts on all those bands. > > Another country heard from, > > 73 de Eric, KG6MZS > >> >> I've always wondered why builders of the antenna simply don't make an >> open-wire fed Zepp and stop there. > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
