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I've built one of these before, on the CB band no less. Mounted it on a rope that went between a tree and a telephone pole. I think I still have the wire for it in my basement...

From my testing, it performed slightly worse than a Starduster that was mounted just above said telephone pole... That is just what I had up at the time. It didn't outperform the Starduster when it came to DX either. If the EDZ were mounted at the same feed point height as the Starduster's feed point, I have no doubt that it would have outperformed it.

I have talked about vertical EDZ's on this forum in the past, we are talking years ago. Although someone always tried to tell me that a vertical EDZ is a cloud warmer... This is not correct, a vertical EDZ is not a cloud warmer.

A lot of people, including the me from years ago, though that length was the most important part when it came to a vertical antenna's performance. This was one of the lessons that taught me that height was in fact more important, and a smaller vertical antenna mounted higher would outperform the longer vertical antenna mounted not much lower.

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<blockquote data-quote="The DB" data-source="post: 699636" data-attributes="member: 21346">I&#039;ve built one of these before, on the CB band no less.&nbsp; Mounted it on a rope that went between a tree and a telephone pole.&nbsp; I think I still have the wire for it in my basement...From my testing, it performed slightly worse than a Starduster that was mounted just above said telephone pole...&nbsp; That is just what I had up at the time.&nbsp; It didn&#039;t outperform the Starduster when it came to DX either.&nbsp; If the EDZ were mounted at the same feed point height as the Starduster&#039;s feed point, I have no doubt that it would have outperformed it.I have talked about vertical EDZ&#039;s on this forum in the past, we are talking years ago.&nbsp; Although someone always tried to tell me that a vertical EDZ is a cloud warmer...&nbsp; This is not correct, a vertical EDZ is not a cloud warmer.A lot of people, including the me from years ago, though that length was the most important part when it came to a vertical antenna&#039;s performance.&nbsp; This was one of the lessons that taught me that height was in fact more important, and a smaller vertical antenna mounted higher would outperform the longer vertical antenna mounted not much lower.The DB</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The DB, post: 699636, member: 21346"] I've built one of these before, on the CB band no less. Mounted it on a rope that went between a tree and a telephone pole. I think I still have the wire for it in my basement... From my testing, it performed slightly worse than a Starduster that was mounted just above said telephone pole... That is just what I had up at the time. It didn't outperform the Starduster when it came to DX either. If the EDZ were mounted at the same feed point height as the Starduster's feed point, I have no doubt that it would have outperformed it. I have talked about vertical EDZ's on this forum in the past, we are talking years ago. Although someone always tried to tell me that a vertical EDZ is a cloud warmer... This is not correct, a vertical EDZ is not a cloud warmer. A lot of people, including the me from years ago, though that length was the most important part when it came to a vertical antenna's performance. This was one of the lessons that taught me that height was in fact more important, and a smaller vertical antenna mounted higher would outperform the longer vertical antenna mounted not much lower. The DB [/QUOTE]

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