Hi Lyn - thanks for the reply! I have 3 acres of wooded land. Its pretty much on two different levels. The house is located on the lower level. And from there the grade goes upwards about 30 feet- and then levels off to the second level.
Many elm trees which can support an antenna height of about 45 feet. And I can cut through a path through them if necessary. I have a 40m moxon pointed towards Asia at 45 feet hanging over solid rock I've made a few DX contacts with it during the years when propagation was peaking. But right now I think its really to low to the ground to be useful. I'm interested in what you have in mind. Thanks Duane On Fri, Mar 13, 2020, at 12:31 PM, Lyn Norstad wrote: > Duane - > > There are other wire antenna options that will far outperform a simple > dipole, or for that matter a 2EL yagi. > > How much space do you have available? > > 73 > Lyn, W0LEN > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Friday, March 13, 2020 10:38 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Elecraft] Off-Topic: Your advice/suggestion about antenna > > From what I understand - solid rock below a raised vertical is not the best > option for performance. > With an underlying geography of many feet of solid metamorphic rock - that > would probably rule out the low angle benefits of vertical antennas. > > Consequently, over the years, every 40m vertical I've ever put up has been > out-performed by a dipole at .41 wavelength. I've also tried the DX-Half > Square and vertical Delta Loop with the same results. > > It looks to me like my only option to outperform a 40m dipole - is a tower > and (at minimum) a 2EL yagi. > > Would that assumption be correct? > Thanks > Duane > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
