I'm pretty sure the laws of physics are still in place.
What you describe isn't much different from my situation on 160 meters. I have an inverted vee dipole with the apex at 45' and the ends at 6 feet or less. With 500W I have worked about 60 counties. But I am under no illusions that this is an effective antenna; it is not.
Several years ago on a Field Day when the locals were all on mountain tops calling CQ and not listening, I worked a JA using the same antenna, at that time still fed with 200 feet of RG8 (now Heliax) and a barefoot K3 with no ATU. An hour later I worked a second JA. But do I recommend this setup for working 6 meter DX? Of course not.
So you make some contacts. Good for you, maybe you're having fun. However, I submit that you (and I) would have more fun with better antennas.
Wes N7WS On 2/11/2017 10:19 PM, Kevin - K4VD wrote:
So what we are saying here is that all the local and DX QSOs we make from a picnic bench with an end fed or random wire thrown up in a tree and a short or no counterpoise doesn't really happen or, at best, is a fluke. The end fed is only 10% efficient (did I get that right) and most of our QRP signals are going to heat worms. Pretty hopeless situation I guess. I might have to just stick with the local repeater and Google Hangouts for communications. Or, for those of you that are thinking the situation isn't so hopeless, grab your portable antenna, head out to the campsite, throw your wire up in the tree and I'll catch you on the air. Let's warm up the worms. 73, Kev
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