[Antennas] ATAS-25

Tue Dec 27 15:38:17 EST 2005

Robert Lay (W9DMK) wrote:
> You can't really condemn a vertical that is only 7' long on 40 meters. 
> Remember, the Hustler 40 m vertical mobile antenna (I used one for 
> years) is not a bad antenna for mobile use. But yes, I would definitely 
> prefer a G5RV thrown up in a tree over any kind of vertical.

Yes, all true. That said, if you can radiate one or two Watts you can 
work the world, but it's much easier with a full sized resonant antenna. 
 Also having "any" antenna is better than none, and any antenna can be 
good under the circumstances.
I also note that a dipole is a very good antenna indeed, and usually as 
good as or slightly better than a vertical, at least for domestic QSO's. 
 Verticals are very good over seawater and saltmarshes. Yes, if you 
want to work DX on 160, 80, and 40M a (big) vertical is very good, but 
there are tradeoffs.
Richard Brunner, AA1P