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ORAWA01 · 14th Sep 2019, 8:39 pm

I am only using the current antenna for a few days for testing.

It seems working OK 40M and above, but on 80M, it is very inefficient. Not easy to contact other stations, and if contact had been made, it gets poor reports.

I will maybe go for a vertical from that site in the link, or a doublet, or just simple dipole in inverted V configuration due to the space limitation in this garden, or the classic End Fed Wire with counter poise, or a Delta loop with tuner.

This is great fun project to experiment, which is taking me back to the good old days of early 1990s.

14th Sep 2019, 8:39 pm	#61
ORAWA01 Hexode Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Stirlingshire, UK. Posts: 407	Re: Antenna recommendation for 40 and 80M bands I am only using the current antenna for a few days for testing. It seems working OK 40M and above, but on 80M, it is very inefficient. Not easy to contact other stations, and if contact had been made, it gets poor reports. I will maybe go for a vertical from that site in the link, or a doublet, or just simple dipole in inverted V configuration due to the space limitation in this garden, or the classic End Fed Wire with counter poise, or a Delta loop with tuner. This is great fun project to experiment, which is taking me back to the good old days of early 1990s.