Thread: Antenna mount
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Old 10-25-2016, 07:07 PM   #9
N3LYT
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Correct me if I'm wrong but even at 10 meters the wave length looks at that as a circle. Granted a screwdriver at 100 watts is still QRP but I have over 60 countries mobile with my little Tarheel on the back of my truck. My biggest benefit so far with short tests has been broader tuning it is not as narrow. I understand a fixed tuned antenna probably needs resonate radials because they do not have the option to tune them self’s but a screwdriver will match pretty much anything, will it be efficient? Doubtful but the radio is happy so it will provide full power to an inefficient antenna. My main plan was portability and to get the best I could whilst camping and ease of storage and assemble so far what I have seen it's better on the ground than 8' up on a post behind the camper even with a grounded aluminum roof. If this proves effective my next plan is counter poise just below the antenna on the post I have used in the past.
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