I finally put up the longwire at home. It is only a few feet off the ground (maybe 8 feet or so) and has a buried radial. But I am hearing a lot of stations and working a few.
The antenna is fed with RG8x into an isolator and 4:1 UNUN. The length of the radial is 34 feet. Weird numbers, I know, but it works. Whoot! I can tune all bands except 12 meters. Might have to play around with that and also try and get the antenna a little higher.
I have room to lengthen and/or shorten depending on how I want to work it. I think my maximum length for the boat will be 35~37 feet. The antenna is pointing at 20 degrees. Not sure of the radiation pattern. Will have to see where the strongest signals are. Should be fun. Whoot!
The antenna is fed with RG8x into an isolator and 4:1 UNUN. The length of the radial is 34 feet. Weird numbers, I know, but it works. Whoot! I can tune all bands except 12 meters. Might have to play around with that and also try and get the antenna a little higher.
I have room to lengthen and/or shorten depending on how I want to work it. I think my maximum length for the boat will be 35~37 feet. The antenna is pointing at 20 degrees. Not sure of the radiation pattern. Will have to see where the strongest signals are. Should be fun. Whoot!
