Well, the point was having all this aluminum wire that I didn't want to
throw away. A vertical dipole is very much on the agenda for things to
try this Summer. In this case, I am experimenting: "how well does a 38'
vertical fed with a remote tuner work with 30 to 40 radials buried 3
inches beneath the top soil?" The radiator is already put together from
scrapes of mill tubing - not exactly a work of art - but effective none
the less.
I have a Hy-Gain AV-620 mounted at a high point in the meadow elevated
to about 6'. I wouldn't consider it a remarkable performer. But it has
fine SWR bandwidth on all bands 20 through 6 and is very capable of
making plenty of Qs. I did have a GAP Titan when I lived in suburban
Charlotte, NC many years ago, hidden in the trees and painted flat
black. It was completely invisible even to my next door neighbors. I
would define it as a "versatile" antenna giving reasonable, usable
performance on 80 through 10. If you have a little copse of trees any
of these no-radial wonders can get you on the air. Flat black paint
does an amazing job of making them disappear - especially in pine trees.
I guess its possible the aluminum wire may not last long in the ground.
Another aspect of the experiment.
73, Doug -- K0DXV
On 6/30/2014 10:40 AM, David Cole wrote:
Why not use a vertical dipole? Gap sells them for single bands, or get
a multi-band Gap. The Gap Challenger I have works really well on 40 and
20. I would think a single band vertical dipole would do wonders, and
no radials...
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