[Antennas] Dipole vs random wire

2003年1月25日 08:33:00 EST

In a message dated 1/25/2003 8:05:41 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] 
writes:
> How many of you are using random wires? If so, how does it compare to
> your dipole? I'm not asking about theory, I am asking about your
> experience.
>> Thanks.
>> Sean
> W8OKN
>>
Sean,
Experience here is as follows. Using an FT 840, B&W VS300A tuner and 185 ft 
Random wire at 70 ft vs. an FT 100D, MFJ 969 tuner, and a G5RV Apex at 40ft 
The Random wire tunes 160 mtrs FB and the G5RV won't (atleast not well). On 
80/75/40 mtrs the random is 2 s unit better then the G5RV on TX and RX both, 
so assuming the rule of thumb that 6 db is equal to 1 S unit, it is 12 db 
over the dipole. On 20 mtrs the G5RV is equal to or in some cases better 
then the random wire. The last band I have bothered to try them out on is 17 
mtrs and the random will not tune there, so the G5RV is the better antenna by 
far :). I put the random up only for 160 mtrs so I could experiment with PSK 
and other digital modes on 160 but after playing with it on 30-80 mtrs I 
decided to use it full time on the lower HF over my old stand by dipole. 
The G5RV was my first dipole I put up and has served me well but the random 
has proven itself to me anyway.
take care, 73 
DE KG4FET Sandor 
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