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> On Dec 9, 2015, at 19:42, Joe Subich, W4TV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Off-center fed dipoles are a compromise at best. They will never be > any better than a simple half wave dipole for the current band and a > multi-band fan or trapped fan dipole generally provides a better match > without complex and failure prone matching networks. > > A well designed multi-band fan or fan of trapped dipoles is easy for > the user to build and erect for much less $$ than the Buckmaster. The > only "benefit" of commercial OCF antennas is that they separate the > inexperienced and unsophisticated from their cash. > > I've run 100W and wire antennas for more than 15 years ... in that time > I've tried both OCF vs. tapped inverted Vs vs. multi-band fan antennas > vs. G5RV type antennas. The multi-band fan is more efficient and less > noisy quieter than any of the OCF or G5RV type antennas. > > For simple antennas, K9YC is correct ... use a multi-band fan for 80, > 40 and 30 meters and the largest Cushcraft R-series vertical you can > afford/install *on the roof* for [40/30]/20/17/15/12/10/6. When you > get some experience and are ready to spend real money, install a tower > and a good yagi (or yagis) for 20-6 meters. > > My dipoles and verticals have been enough to place 2nd worldwide in > the low power/simple antenna class of CQ's DX Marathon for the last > several years ... plus land me on the DXCC Honor Roll both CW and Mixed > as well as rack up more than 2500 countries on DXCC Challenge. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > >> On 12/9/2015 6:06 PM, Tom Fitzgerald via Elecraft wrote: >> "The Buckmaster never wins compared to inverted vees though, but it >> DOES tune up on multiple bands. It and the Elecraft tuner get along >> fine, so it serves its purpose (which is NOT high performance)." >> >> Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa????????? The Buckmaster is recommended to be >> installed as an inverted V. That's sweet that the E Tuner gets along >> with it but I have the 3,000w version and run full legal limit on all >> bands (where allowed) that it operates on without the need to use my >> tuner. Not high performance eh? Funny stuff. I suggest anyone >> considering this fine antenna consult the eHam reviews of it by >> people who actually own the antenna & have experience with it. >> Comparing a beam antenna to a wire is sort of ridiculous IMO for what >> should be more than obvious reasons. Lotsa haters out there as >> usual. >> >> kd0bcf >> >> >> >> "Das war ein Vorspiel nur, dort wo man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt >> man auch am Ende Menschen." ("That was but a prelude; where they burn >> books, they will ultimately burn people also.") Heinrich Heine, 1821 >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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] >> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
