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>Your comments on the
smaller verts/loops welcome.
Mal - during our last TransPacific tests with ZL,
we had the opportunity to run two rx's on the ZL frequency. One was our mainstay
and always reliable performer, the large 10' air-core tuned passive loop while
the other was our large vertical tx antenna. The ZL signal was often 'O' copy on
the vertical while the loop showed nothing at all. I think there was only one
short instance when the loop produced a signal that the vertical did not hear.
The loop had previously earned our respect as an excellent rx antenna because we
had always used it in our own noisier environments but beside the
ocean on Pender Island, there was no noise at all, and the loop quickly
lost it's main advantage. Both Scott and I have since been using our tx
verticals on rx at our home stations more often, when the noise level permits
and the verticals are clearly better, when noise is not a factor.
BTW, our next TransPacific ZM2E-VA7LF attempt
is fast approaching...April 3-5th our time.
73
Steve / VE7SL
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