You're almost always going to get more noise on a vertical than a dipole.
I've never seen when I didn't.
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From: "Gery Gaubert" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:53 AM
Subject: FW: hf 6v
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> From: Gery Gaubert
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> Subject: hf 6v
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> I took the antenna down this weekend. I got the swr under 2 on20 but it
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> above 2 on 40 now. On 80 meters it is under 2. I also notice I have a
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> t of static as compared to the 20 meter dipole. I am now trying to figure
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> out where to connect radials, what kind of wire to buy and curious as to
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> ether radils help with transmition, reception, or both. I checked all
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> ections for moisture as well as to see if they are not loose. Everything
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> eems ok.
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