Transcription of The NJQRP Squirt
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From April 2001 QST ARRLAtBy Joe Everhart, N2 CXone time, 80 meters was one ofthe more highly populated ama-teur bands. Lately, it has becomesignificantly less popular because muchDXing has moved to the higher frequen-cies and many suburban lot sizes are toosmall to accommodate a full 130-foot, /2 antenna for the band. That s unfortu-nate, because 80 meters has lots of po-tential as a local-communicationband even at QRP levels. The recentlypublished Warbler PSK31 transceiver canserve as a great facilitator for close-inQRP communication without much What s really needed to comple-ment the Warbler for this purpose is aneffective antenna that fits on a small sub-urban plot. Because PSK31 (which theWarbler uses) is reasonably effectiveeven with weak signals, we can trade offsome antenna efficiency for s a Ham to Do?
From April 2001 QST © ARRL Trade-Offs One of the unfortunate consequences of shrinking an antenna’s size is that its electrical efficiency is reduced as well.
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