a 1:1 balun, even made with 8-10 6 inch turns in the coax near the antenna 
should help with the rf coming back down the line, or an RF ground. that's 
the price you pay for no radials or counter poise. In fact I can even get 
that with my ground mounted vertical if it's really really dry out but I 
don't have a station ground yet. I'll get there. If I'm NCS for the NTS nets 
I get in to I wet down the back yard and that helps with that a lot. 
Neighbors think I'm nuts but that's fine, they'd learn soon enough I am.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerry Leary" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 12:16 AM
Subject: Re: Feedback on the Alpha 1


>I would like to know how the two of them compare.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Gammon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 4:17 PM
> Subject: Re: Feedback on the Alpha 1
>
>
>> Hi Brady, just used mine for the first time the other night when
>> the bands were not too good.  Made a north south contact on 20
>> meters of around 300 to 350 miles.  Heard many more stations then
>> I could contact.  Got a little RF back down the line which I felt
>> when trying to send CW.  Any small antenna is going to be a
>> compromise, but I will try more experiments with it and the MP-1
>> super antenna hopefully this weekend.  Jim WA6EKS.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: brady <[log in to unmask]
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Date sent: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:12:14 -0700
>> Subject: Feedback on the Alpha 1
>>
>> Hey Group!
>>
>> Emails kind of dropped off about the Alpha 1 antennae.  Would
>> appreciate more feedback from those of you that have one and are
>> using it.
>>
>> Both the good and the bad please!
>>
>> 73's
>>
>> Brady
>> w7ypz