ANTENTOP- 01- 2018 # 022

Low Profile Antenna for the 30, 20, 17, 15, 10 and 6- meter Bands

Of course, it is compromise tuning. However such tuning was satisfied for me. If you want tune the antenna only for 20,- 15,- 12,- 10 and 6 meter Bands you may reach low SWR (no more 1.3:1) for each band...

The antenna was tested in the Air. Obtained result was not bad for the fence antenna. 6 meter band is alive for me. I always could receive local beacon VA3UBL/B. It is near 40 km from me. I received some beacons from USA. There were beacons at distance up to 2000 km.

Antenna was compared on HF bands 30,- 20,-17,- 15,- 12 and 10 meter with Beverage Antenna (Test A-B). The Low Profile antenna loses to Beverage Antenna at receiving mode 1- 2 S on the S- scale of transceiver IC-7410.

However, at testing the antenna at transmitting mode I often have received for the Low Profile Antenna the same report as for Beverage Antenna. Low Profile antenna often helped me receive some station that I could not hear with my Beverage Antenna. It should be difference in DD of the antennas.

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So my experiment with the Low Profile antenna was successful. I made weather proof, invisible antenna that could work at emergency situation at upper HF Bands from 30 to 6 meter.

73!

VA3ZNW

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