Wellbrook ALA-1530LN v Wellbrook ala-100 v endfed long wire.
This is not intended to be in anyway scientific but its helping me find out what is the best antenna for certain frequencies in my area and situation.
My station consists of a FTDX3000, SDRplay, Uniden BCT15X Scanner plus 2m/70cm transceivers plus an FT817ND.
I now use a Macmini running Windows 10 on a 32 inch monitor for SDR.
Antennas, Wellbrook 1530LN mounted outside on a Yaesu 450C rotator at 4m, Wellbrook ALA100 plus 1m home made loop in the loft and a End fed long wire running over the house just off N-S plus a G4TPH loop in the loft laid against the rafters.
I also run a Wellbrook loop (unofficial) group on facebook which is international and growing
www.facebook.com/groups/1608066866159467/
My station consists of a FTDX3000, SDRplay, Uniden BCT15X Scanner plus 2m/70cm transceivers plus an FT817ND.
I now use a Macmini running Windows 10 on a 32 inch monitor for SDR.
Antennas, Wellbrook 1530LN mounted outside on a Yaesu 450C rotator at 4m, Wellbrook ALA100 plus 1m home made loop in the loft and a End fed long wire running over the house just off N-S plus a G4TPH loop in the loft laid against the rafters.
I also run a Wellbrook loop (unofficial) group on facebook which is international and growing
www.facebook.com/groups/1608066866159467/
I will upload tests as i complete them, Im using mode FT8 with software WSJT-X which is well populated and will be doing various bands over a 24 hour period on each test. The images below are from pskreporter which is an online reporting website. Even as a listener you can upload data and see it on the map. Can be found here.
40 Mtrs is my first test. Image below is ALA-1530LN outside running N-S - image below
40m Long wire running just off N-S - image below
40m Fixed ALA-100 in the loft W-E - image below
40m ALA-1530 outside W-E image below
Next 20m first below is ALA-1530 outside direction W-E
Below 20m ALA-1530 outside direction N-S
Below. ALA-100 fixed in loft 20m W-E
Below Long wire (outside) Just off N-S 20m
I thought id run a 24hr test on my G4TPH loop on 20m, its in the loft hung against the rafters. Not bad at all!
Last but not least, I have a SG-239 auto tuner, its remotely tuned in the loft, I have a horizontal wire loop running around the loft, it runs 4 times round but tunes up well on 20m particularly, don't use it much but thought id run FT8 through it for 24hrs. Ignore the blue signals, they are rx and tx on 40m but 20m (yellow lines) Hey not bad at all, not quite as good as the wellbrook but respectable.
I am trying to solve a noise problem and have started another page dedicated to The Loop on the Ground its a story on its own, click here to go there.
