andrewsfm
Member
So I bought a 50ft 22AWG long spool of wire and would like to split the conductors on the far end and use it as a 1/4 wave antenna for 47MHz SDR reception.
I don't want to do a dipole as it'll need to be over 10ft high.
I'm looking at around 5ft vertical for 1/4 wave with one conductor, and then what should I do with the other conductor? Run it straight along the ground as a single radial at a 90 degree angle?
Ground it to earth at the end? Insulate it from Earth at the end?
Chop it off completely and use the feedline portion of the wire as the counterpoise instead?
Suggestions?
Yes I could play around with it and might still but I'd like to not have to do that while camping and not have the appropriate tools to undo mistakes.
I don't want to do a dipole as it'll need to be over 10ft high.
I'm looking at around 5ft vertical for 1/4 wave with one conductor, and then what should I do with the other conductor? Run it straight along the ground as a single radial at a 90 degree angle?
Ground it to earth at the end? Insulate it from Earth at the end?
Chop it off completely and use the feedline portion of the wire as the counterpoise instead?
Suggestions?
Yes I could play around with it and might still but I'd like to not have to do that while camping and not have the appropriate tools to undo mistakes.