HillBilly Antenna Test

[Mr Clean]

I had to take my Groundplane down and get SWR alittle better so when putting it back up thought I would get some crude mesurements from a guy across the river. He is in a low spot about 25 or 30 miles as a crow flies in town between 2 big hills. He was running a President Washington with 200 watts pep coming from his amp using a A 99 about 30 ft. I was using a Pogo stick and a galaxy 88 doing 7 watts swinging 22 or so. Took receive and transmit readings at 15,23, 30 and 36 ft. 15ft transmit 0 db but he could hear me receive 1 s unit.23ft transmit 1 s unit receive 3 sunits. 30ft transmit 1 s unit receive 4 and a half s units. 36ft transmit 3 s units receive 6 s units. This was very crude testing but thought it was kind of cool and thought I would share it with you. I was at 30 ft and at 36 it seems like most stations are coming in at about 1 sunit higher. I did not want to run an amp for testing

 

[FL Native]

around 36 feet to feedpoint is the magic number for 11 meter to the feedpoint. of course higher is better but you wont get that kind of jump again till you get up around 72 feet. 8)

 

[Mr Clean]

I should have stated that. Them nembers are to the feedpoint. I am up on a ridge so that helps also