Wow did that generate a lot of email! Both public and private!
Ok, let me say I'm not 'displeased' with my 40M dipole. It works
gangbusters. Especially on 40M.
But I DO notice that it works best on 40M. While I can tune it just
fine and 'make' it work anywhere I want, I do notice that 40M is
much more 'active' than any other band I'm on. And since I've only
been running HF in the last 2 years or so (since I got the K2. I did
run HF CW years ago but that was in the early 80's) I'm not familiar
with the 'feel' of the way the different bands perform enough to make
an assessment as to 40M being 'sweet' with my antenna or not.
So, I was just trying to get a feel for if I would see any improvement
on the other bands if I put up a 'trap dipole'.
The consensus is pretty much no. But for a variety of reasons.
Still, I do have that urge to build some kind of trap antenna, maybe
just to prove I can build a trap! Perhaps some kind of trap vertical...
In any case, thanks for all the responses.
Mike
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