Actually there was a loop advertised and reviewed by QST as an antenna that works and had a very good flat SWR. Turns out it had a 50ohm resistor across the connector sealed inside.
73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters k...@kq8m.com AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mel Farrer Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 5:38 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; David Gilbert Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Why did I purchase this antenna for the KX3? Didn't I see an allband DC to Daylight portable antenna for sale in the 60-70's. It did infact radiate, but oh my the eff numbers were that of a dummy load. You can't fool mother nature and physics. Mel --- On Thu, 11/29/12, David Gilbert <xda...@cis-broadband.com> wrote: From: David Gilbert <xda...@cis-broadband.com> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Why did I purchase this antenna for the KX3? To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Date: Thursday, November 29, 2012, 2:25 PM I sincerely hope nobody takes you seriously. It may radiate something, but the manufacturer's claims for this antenna are simply ridiculous. Dave AB7E On 11/29/2012 3:07 PM, Philip G0ISW wrote: > You may be surprised with the results. > > My Miracle Whip antenna was used by me extensively on holiday in France with > a Yaesu FT-817 and I was working all over Europe on it with 5 Watts on SSB > speech. > > My best DX with the Miracle whip was indoors from home on 14 MHz when I > worked Venezuela in South America again with 5 Watts SSB speech. > > Hope that encourages you to use it. > > 73 de Philip G0ISW > > http://www.qsl.net/g0isw > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
