Your point is well taken. If I sounded like I was being unappreciative and/or critical of them, I didn't mean to be.
I think their main objective was EME, and 160 was kind of an afterthought. However, a simple hunk of wire thrown on the ground oriented NW-SE with a simple matching transformer (and a few short radials) would likely be a real improvement over what they seem to have. That's all the very first Beverage antenna was. I kind of felt sorry for them. They had a decent 160 signal to the east and central USA, but they couldn't seem to hear many stations on that vertical, even after calling CQ for a long time. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 9:23 PM, VE7MID <[email protected]> wrote: > From experience, it is easy to say, "put up a beverage". I went to 7P8D > with > the idea that would be the set-up but, on site, it was impossible. There is > a difference between having years to set up a station and days with limited > material to accomplish an effective low band station. > > > > We will have conducted two site visits and are planning for contingencies > for 3DA0ET. It is annoying to be criticized by comfortable "base" stations > for efforts on top band where we must depend for the assistance of others > to > put up a top band antenna system which takes more time than their muti-band > high qso rate stations! Be appreciative of the efforts of others to provide > you with a "new one"! > > > > 73 Keith > > _________________ > Topband Reflector > _________________ Topband Reflector
