Jay, Mal,
I think that a "low" dipole is only meaningfull above poor soil.
At 20 ft (6m) above a perfect ground the radiation resistance would be
only 0.25 Ohm.
But in contradiction to a short vertical the dipole would work better
over poor soil.
At 100ft a dipole would have a radiation resistance of about 6 Ohm
(over perfect ground.
But even at this height it will radiate at very high angles (as Mal
suggests), so probably good for Europe but poor for DX.
73, Rik ON7YD - OR7T
Quoting "[email protected]" <[email protected]>:
Mal
I worked WD2XSH/35 in South Dakota a couple weekends ago and heard
him a couple times since. Here's
his e mail to me on his setup. Think it should read one leg N/S and
the other is E/W. Note that it
is at 20 feet! Appears to work.
Jay W1VD WD2XNS WE2XGR/2
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Jay,
I have an ICOM 706MKIIG feeding aqn attenuator which feeds a
transverter from 7.2 MHz to 500 KHz.
The transverter is feeding a solid state amp. I am running about 10
- 15 watts ERP. The antenna is
a half wave dipole on 500 KHz about 20 feet above the ground in a
N/S and E/W configuration. one leg
is N/S and the other is N/S.
I am listening on a ICOM 756PROII and a HyGain Hytower.
73
Jim
WD2XSH/35 K0HW
----- Original Message -----
From: mal hamilton
To: rsgb
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 10:45 AM
Subject: LF: 1/2 wave 500
Hi
Has anyone in the USA tried a 1/2 wave dipole on 500 K/cs? inv V
design, at a modest height around
100 ft.
de mal/g3kev
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