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Antennas: Been playing with an old Hy-Gain Vertical I had in teh garage this weekend. There's something to a true multiband that forcing an other wise 1 band antenna with a tuner can't give. Still, I think wire antennas are where it's at if you have the space. The old vertical tunes across more bandwith with less loss but is overall less efficient than the monobander when I need it on it's design band. Sure it tunes on 40m but I'm recieving at 5/5/9 maybe 5/7/9 but when I switch to the 40m zepp, the same signals are all +10db over ... Think I need to save up for a multiband wire again see how that treats me. QRP has little to spare!
Aug 20 · 11 days ago