Re: [AMRadio] Antenna Info

2007-12-28 Thread jkhildre
Why not insulate the back stay and use an SGC tuner? - Original Message - From: "Michael Mertes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 7:58 AM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Antenna Info Hello

Re: [AMRadio] Antenna Info

2007-12-28 Thread Michael Mertes
Hello Rick, This antenna should perform well and is basically an impedance matching element, using the DC grounded backstay and any electrically connected hardware as the radiating elements. The ability to get a good match in the ham bands is a bit of guesswork without doing a complete engineering

RE: [AMRadio] Antenna Info

2007-12-28 Thread Ed Sieb
Rick, it depends on the total length of the antenna, whether it will work well on amateur frequencies. Ed. VA3ES --- Rick Brashear wrote: Below is a site describing an antenna that seems to fit the bill, however, we are