The Signal Report | Operator Stories, Antenna Physics, Field Reports | Greyline

A 20-foot Greyline went together like a charm for Peter, W4ISA - clean install, buried LMR-400, surge protection done right, and it works everything he hears.

Two contests, casually operated between football games - 56 countries on the high bands, 29 states on 160 meters, all from a 20-foot flagpole. And on the same weekend, on the same coax, it out-worked his end-fed wire. Here is exactly what Ted ran and why the physics favors the vertical dipole.

K8AXJ put up a 24-foot Greyline on a tilt mount in under half an hour at his beautiful Six Lakes, Michigan QTH - no radials, pre-fit before shipping, and excellent on 20 meters.

KE6TT started at 20 feet, added the 4-foot extension to reach 24, and measured SWR of 1.0-1.3 across 40-160M - then worked Europe and Africa on 100 watts.