Topband: Looking for hi-Z antenna

[Richard Quick]

I have as much of a compromised antenna for 160 as you can get.
A Butternut HF2V with a 160 coil, mounted on a chain link fence.
I have a small lot with overhead power lines across the back of the property, 
and Am looking for a better idea.
I’m thinking a hi impedance feed point antenna ie:450 ohms would require a much 
less extensive ground radial system than say, an inverted L with low impedance. 
Easier to match a 450 Ground than 37 ohms.
Am I nuts?  Anyone with ideas along this line of thinking?



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Re: Topband: One Way Propagation.

[Richard Quick]

Finally some common sense, thanks Luke!

Rich - W4RQ Amateur Radio: The Original Social Media

> On Jan 17, 2021, at 20:26, List Mail  wrote:
> 
> I have been using HPSDR in my station for the past ten or so years, and like 
> Flex SDR, the S-meter does not change with application of attenuator. The 
> signal strength changes between the transmitting antenna and receiving 
> antennas of course, so IMO it's absolute value is largely irrelevant.
> 
> I also find somewhat bemusing the lengthy signal reports I hear between 
> stations "with Preamp 1, with Preamp 2" etc., usually on 40 m SSB.
> 
> My on air reports usually pay little heed to what the "S-Meter" is reading, 
> apart from noting the band noise strength compared with the signal strength. 
> S-Meters are mostly a gimmick, with relevance only in laboratory bench 
> testing. My use of the RST is generally in accordance with the verbal 
> description of signals, i.e., Readability 1 = Unreadable to 5 = Perfectly 
> readable; Signal Strength 1 = Faint signals, barely perceptible to 9 = 
> Extremely strong signals. Don't start me on people giving "0 and 1 or 2" 
> signal reports, and then conducting a conversation. And where the heck does 
> the "Audio Only report, NO Signal strength" come from?
> 
> Back to the OT, I often receive very lopsided signal reports, usually with 
> FT8 (sometimes a 30 dB lower report received than given) and less often in 
> SSB or CW. Sometimes it is in my favour, sometimes my QSO partner. As long as 
> we can complete our QSO, with a few of the traditional niceties, I don't lose 
> any sleep over the differential. I live in a quiet rural location, with 
> plenty of room for antennas, and the nearest neighbour is some 500 metres 
> away, so I hear better than most. Sometimes I call a relatively strong 
> station, and don't get any response at all, and wonder if my antenna has 
> fallen down. I put it down to the other station listening in a different 
> direction, and/or having QRM/QRN. I move on.
> 
> 73, Luke VK3HJ 
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