Antenna’s Compared

I dug out my old 10 meter antenna (Big Stick) that I bought as a Technician Ham for 10 meters an com paired it to my Ham Sticks.

The big stick is up front off the canopy with two ham sticks behind on the RV ladder.  The big stick was below 2.5SWR on 10 through 40 meters.  On 15 I could just make out a rag session going on.  On 20 and 40 I could hear conversations on many frequencies soft and some times muffled.  When I switched to my 20 & 40 meter ham sticks they were all clear in comparison. So longer is still better the big stick was all coil while the ham sticks are coils and 3-4 foot whips.