In my small lot, I can’t even put up a short wire! If I had the space to put up a long wire, I would put up a tower instead.
Ralph AA5YC > On Jan 11, 2018, at 12:22 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire <[email protected]> wrote: > > A longer wire produces sharper lobes and, taken to an extreme, the pattern > breaks into multiple lobes. So it all depends upon whether the other station > is aligned with one of the lobes. > > 73, Ron AC7AC > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Dave Cole (NK7Z) > Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 9:11 PM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Long wire antennas > > Not sure I believe this, lets say a 40 meter dipole, and an 80 meter > dipole-- the 40 dipole works far better on 40, than the 80 meter works on > 40, so not always is more wire better. > > Now if you are talking long wire, and forgot to state that, I am not sure, > I'd have to get the modeling software out... > > 73s and thanks, > Dave > NK7Z > http://www.nk7z.net > > On 01/10/2018 05:28 PM, William Levy wrote: > >> COSMIC rule of antennas! The more wire the better. Always. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] <mailto:[email protected]> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm <http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> > Post: mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net <http://www.qsl.net/> > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > <http://www.qsl.net/donate.html> > Message delivered to [email protected] <mailto:[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]
