Hi Julian !
I've had similar comments about the antenna I built at home for 160m.
I have a very small garden, hence now large wire antennas, so I constructed a 15m tall
top loaded vertical for 160m.
I had all the local G3/G4's tell me I'm wasting my time, "You'll never work anything with that" came the comments,
however winter just gone I was working South American, USA, and Far east stations that they couldn't even hear !
It just goes to show, it's worth trying anything, cos you never know, you may get it right !
The outbacker is an excellent antenna for the size, and so convienient to travel with as it
collapses into small manageable pieces.
They are quite expensive though, I think Nevada are selling them for 229.00 at the moment, Steve got his
at a special price when they had an offer on, 169.00 ... lucky sod !
We should arrange a sked for a chat on the 817's sometime ...
Cheers!
MikeT ...
g4ilo@... wrote:
On the Elecraft list recently a couple of postings didn't rate the
Outbacker much at all, especially when considering its price. Just
goes to show how subjective people's opinions of antenna performance
is, I guess.
Julian, G4ILO
--- In FT817@y..., Mike Tatum <miket@c...> wrote:
Hi David !
I was surprised how well the Outbacker Outreach and Alpha Delta
Tripod worked,
I have to admit it's nice to try a friends one before I buy
one !! :)
This weekend was the first time I'd made contacts across the pond
using the FT817, so
I guess the Outbacker had something to do with it as well :)
Cheers!
MikeT ...
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