"The Buckmaster never wins compared to inverted vees though, but it DOES tune
up on multiple bands. It and the Elecraft tuner get along fine, so it serves
its purpose (which is NOT high performance)."
Whaaa? The Buckmaster is recommended to be installed as an
inverted V. Th
On Wed,12/9/2015 3:06 PM, Tom Fitzgerald via Elecraft wrote:
Lotsa haters out there as usual.
Or lots of guys who know how antennas work and know hype when they see
it. :)
73, Jim K9YC
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Off-center fed dipoles are a compromise at best. They will never be
any better than a simple half wave dipole for the current band and a
multi-band fan or trapped fan dipole generally provides a better match
without complex and failure prone matching networks.
A well designed multi-band fan or
I forget the name of it, (MAX-something) but there was an "antenna" produced
back in the 70's that consisted of a sealed center box with a coax connector on
the bottom and two eyes to attach dipole wires. The ads claimed good match
from 80 thru 10 M. It was basically a 50 Ω non-inductive resis
Full wave loop
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> On Dec 9, 2015, at 19:42, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>
>
> Off-center fed dipoles are a compromise at best. They will never be
> any better than a simple half wave dipole for the current band and a
> multi-band fan or trapped fan dipole generally provi
i wondered about the 30 db difference,,,
har !!
bob k3djc
> Whaaa? The Buckmaster is recommended to be
> installed as an inverted V. That's sweet that the E Tuner gets along
> with it but I have the 3,000w version and run full legal limit on
> all bands (where allowed) t
I know of three ways to increase the bandwidth of an antenna:
1. Add resistance. This is usually not a good idea, but works for military and
diplomatic sites where they can just crank up the power.
2. Lower the Q, usually with fatter conductors. Search for “cage dipole” for
examples. Also used a
fan dipole for the desired bands is a much better option.
John KK9A
Wed Dec 9 18:06:50 EST 2015
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The Buckmaster is recommended to be installed as an inverted V. That's
sweet t
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From: j...@kk9a.com
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Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 7:16:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Rick & antennas...
How do you know that it works well? Low SWR or even working DX is no
indication of antenna performance
I really
On Thu,12/10/2015 7:33 AM, n...@comcast.net wrote:
I don't have room to run even a full 1/2 wave dipole for 80m, or a lot of
wires, but the OCF dimensions (45'/90') fit in to my lot with a bit of
zig-zagging.
I had a similar issue on my Chicago city lot. My solution was a loaded
dipole for 8
For limited space, there is nothing wrong with bending the ends back (or
down). My novice antenna was an 80/40 fan dipole with the 80m legs bent
back about 135 degrees.I feel that an antenna with full length
elements, even if the ends are bent back, will perform better than one
that uses
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