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No problems on indulging the curiosity, it also makes me think outside the envelope or box per say, and that is a good thing.

As long as the reflector wire is laying on the ground as the diagram shows, the driven director will only be a little over 5 feet away from the reflector.

So straight vertical it is 5 feet above the ground, if it is moved to the left or to the right it is still 5 feet away from the reflector but the driven element is much closer to the ground.

This NVIS antenna is basically designed for daytime rag chews on the lower freq and it does work well for that, 7 mhz and below.

Reason is the length of the band.
27 mhz is roughly 36 feet for a wavelength .15 wl = 5 1/2 feet
7 mhz is around 140 feet for one wave length. .15 wl = 21 1/2 feet.

The NVIS antenna probably will not work to well on the higher HF freq. But it will work.

<blockquote data-quote="wavrider" data-source="post: 313089" data-attributes="member: 9893">No problems on indulging the curiosity, it also makes me think outside the envelope or box per say, and that is a good thing.&nbsp;As long as the reflector wire is laying on the ground as the diagram shows, the driven director will only be a little over 5 feet away from the reflector.So straight vertical it is 5 feet above the ground, if it is moved to the left or to the right it is still 5 feet away from the reflector but the driven element is much closer to the ground.&nbsp;This NVIS antenna is basically designed for daytime rag chews on the lower freq and it does work well for that, 7 mhz and below.Reason is the length of the band.27 mhz is roughly 36 feet for a wavelength .15 wl = 5 1/2 feet7 mhz is around 140 feet for one wave length. .15 wl = 21 1/2 feet.&nbsp;The NVIS antenna probably will not work to well on the higher HF freq. But it will work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wavrider, post: 313089, member: 9893"] No problems on indulging the curiosity, it also makes me think outside the envelope or box per say, and that is a good thing. As long as the reflector wire is laying on the ground as the diagram shows, the driven director will only be a little over 5 feet away from the reflector. So straight vertical it is 5 feet above the ground, if it is moved to the left or to the right it is still 5 feet away from the reflector but the driven element is much closer to the ground. This NVIS antenna is basically designed for daytime rag chews on the lower freq and it does work well for that, 7 mhz and below. Reason is the length of the band. 27 mhz is roughly 36 feet for a wavelength .15 wl = 5 1/2 feet 7 mhz is around 140 feet for one wave length. .15 wl = 21 1/2 feet. The NVIS antenna probably will not work to well on the higher HF freq. But it will work. [/QUOTE]

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