Hi Mike, That may be true, however, I don't use dipoles because, I can't. This is where a mag loop has an advantage. I dipole needs to be up high and have two supports unless set up as a inverted v. I don't have trees or towers in my yard. My girlfriend has trees but, if I were to put up a dipole, I'm sure there would be a knock on the front door. I can work multiple bands with a mag loop without a tuner and the neighbors can't see it because, it's below the fence line. I can also rotate it.
When I lived in another location, I had a tower. I had a rotatable dipole on it. It worked great. I ended up using mostly inverted vee antennas because, the wind didn't bother them as much and they didn't need to be rotated. Plus, I didn't like climbing a tower. ;-) 73, Gary, N7HTS > I'd suggest trying a simple dipole. A 15m dipole is only 22 feet >end-to-end, > and it is very easily set up almost anywhere. I was living in an apartment >in > the 1980 and 1990 periods of solar activity, so I'd set up such an antenna >on > the balcony, with a 10m element arranged "bow-tie" from the common center > insulator. > ______________________________________________________________ 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
