In a message dated 12/29/07 11:51:41 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> The "WARC" bands (including 17 meters) are great, but the simple truth is > they are not as well populated as the old standbys (10, 15, 20, 40, 80, > 160). I think that's due, in part, to the popularity of multi-band coax-fed > antennas. Yes, and that's a major reason for hams who have limited antenna resources (lot size, high supports, space on the tower, etc.) Of course the classic dipole-fed-with-ladder-line and end-fed-random-wire antennas can be made to work on those bands easily - if you can put one up. But there are other reasons. One biggie IMHO is that they are not included in contests, so they don't get the exposure that contests generate, and the big gun contesters do not build stations for those bands. Another reason is that they are relatively narrow (30, 17 and 12 meters together are only 250 kHz, which is narrower than any other single Region 2 HF amateur band). Plus 30 meters is CW/data only in the USA. There's also the fact that their propagation isn't much different from the adjacent bands, with the possible exception of 30 meters. 73 de Jim, N2EY ************************************** See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
