We built a 32 foot 1/4 wave vertical out of swimming pool poles -- with four
32 foot elavated radials -- it was a screamer on the 40 meter band -- SWR
was 1.15 to 1 across the band. Worked the western USA from San Diego area --
no problem.

It also tuned to 15M (3/4 vertical) and swr was 2.5 to 1 which the rig tuner
compensated for. Worked all across country on 15M.

--
Lamont Cranston

The Shadow Knows
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"Robert Casey" wrote in message
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Keith Hosman KC8TCQ wrote:

I went up and worked with the Fulton County club(K8BXQ) for Field Day.

Man I think I got bit by the DX bug, worked 20 meters all the time I was
operating, until about 4:30 (EDT) AM this morning(Sunday). Worked a few
alaska stations, a few stations in the Virgin Islands, tried to work a
Hawaii station but he was working a huge pileup.

For some reason I had trouble getting heard when responding to CQs.
Might have been
too much QRM. Was running about 50 watts into a multiband vertical.