"RF current into a conductor will radiate, even if it's at eye level."
Yes, I make this point to anyone interested in getting started on HF. I worked my first 50 or so countries with 100 W and a 20 m dipole at 20 ft agl in my attic. If you want an example of working DX with hopeless antennas it would be hard to beat my working VP6D on 160 m and 80 m. I used an OCF wire running round my back yard wall at 5 ft agl. It is matched by a MFJ 993BRT at the feed point and that limits me to 150 W. They must have had zero noise on the island. Andy, k3wyc ______________________________________________________________ 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]
