Jim, K9YC and David, G3UNA, offer excellent suggestions: get up a basic antenna! (I'm an open wire fan myself.)
The two biggest mistakes I see among those trying to put up a basic antenna are: 1) Trying to use coaxial line at high SWRs. You can throw away most of your RF easily that way. 2) Using a short (<1/4 wave) antenna with little or no ground. For your reading enjoyment (and antenna edification) I recommend highly these two books: HF Antennas for All Location, Les Moxon, G6XN: An excellent reference with >300 pages of theory and practical ideas for designing and erecting all sorts of antennas. Practical Wire Antennas, John D. Heys, G3BDQ: A slim (<100 page) volume with little theory but a great many practical ideas for stringing up wire antennas that work. Yes, both of these books come from our fellow Hams in the British Isles, but they are both available here in the "colonies" through the ARRL and other sources. Ron AC7AC _______________________________________________ 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
