[600MRG] last nights results: fishing pole helical vertical

[Graham]

John,

I must have missed some earlier posts on your fishing pole vertical.

It sounds interesting and as I have very little room for much of an 
antenna on these longer wavelengths I wonder if you could post some more 
details.

cheers, Graham ve3gtc FN25ig near Ottawa Canada




On 14-01-31 04:46 PM, John Langridge wrote:
> Good morning -
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> Just getting a chance to look at last nights results and it looks pretty good.  The ground wave stayed stable and consistent all night with consistent reports from the guys up in OK.  Nothing out of the ordinary.  Signals to AA5AM across town have been consistent and loud through his listening period.
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> Skywave had some nice surprises including WG2XKA and WE2XGR in New England all the way to N6RY on the west coast with a lot of station in between.
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> Its difficult if not impossible to fairly compare to previous tests due to definite changes in conditions but this setup seems to be a solid performer under these conditions, particularly on the ground wave for pretty much any mode you want to use.  For someone casually trying out the band, there is enough wow factor with the simplicity of the setup to make it a good choice.  Again, all of this is intended to be qualitative in nature and real-world.  The casual operator will and does glaze over when you start looking at much of the math - they don't care, they just want to be able to get on the air (direct quote).  That said, I still believe the 20m inverted Vee marconi is best through these tests but some small toploading wires on the top of the flimsy fishing pole might make the fishing pole a very good competitor.  The Vee marconi was the only antenna tested to have toploading that I've looked at so far.  Nothing earth shattering or new here -
>   just a fact.
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> I fully expect that there is coupling to surrounding objects - that is reality - and while my main antenna here is detuned at the moment, there is no doubt current flowing in that system to some degree.  I say that's probably ok.  If someone were in a limited space environment, they would have the same with their landscaping, electrical and plumbing so as long as interference is not generated, I look at re-radiation as a potential asset under those situations.  You wont get away from it in a real world compromise situation.
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> I may continue to run through tonight if wx allows.
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> 73 and thanks again for all the reports, comments and encouragement!
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> John XIQ
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