Built a 1/4 Vertical Antenna with 4 tuned radials for 17meters. Each element is 13' , trimmed the vert el to be around 12' to be the lowest VSWR 1.1:1 at 18.068 MHz. I am running this through my Ameritron RCS 4 remote antenna switch. On the switch is a 30 meter and 17 meter antennas a couple of dozen feet apart. I was listening on 30 meters and observed a signal around S5 with the 17 meter antenna when I switched to the 30 meter antenna it went to S9. The difference between S5 and S9 is a whopping 24 db...HOLY Smokes . I expected a few dbs but not nearly.
In the video I am tuned to a 30 meter station at first I am using the 17 meter vertical then I switch to the 30 merter vert then back to then repeat ending on the 30 meter antenna.
As soon as I tuned up the 17 meter GP I called SSB CW once only repeating my call 3 times then a station in Washington State came back, 56 and a guy in FLA 59. Needless to say it works very well!
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