I had no trouble at all keeping in touch with my family using an early R5 vertical in 5H3 land when I was working there. My XYL had my Log Periodic on a 75 tower and I had the R5 vertical with a Metrum 500 watt amp, 12 volt battery and an Icom 735 in those days.
I would not ever consider the vertical an optimum antenna but as a bush antenna to complete an 8000 mile low radition angle circuit I was more than satisfied. I remind new amateurs that it is important to decide what the mission is and then design the station accordingly. Dipoles and Verticals are great basic starter antennas and it only gets more complicated from there. If I have a tree at hand I prefer an inverted V over a vertical but in 5H3 deep in the bush filming wildlife on a TV contract I didn't always have trees at hand! 73 All, Bill N2WL ex 5H3WL, 5Z4PI and VQ9WL ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
