Hi mike, always fun to work you from Alaska as you slide by.
Does the new antenna have a 1950's toilet bowl float on top?
I assume the new plastic ones don't work as well but who am
I to judge what others think works or not. I'm a stuck in the
mud 1/4 wave vertical kid of guy for topband. Working
Since I never had a low horizontal loop on 160 meters, I never did A/B
tests. I just did extensive research (long story, I don't have time to
explain).
What I had in mind was that if people who sing the praises of horizontal
loops --especially for 160m over ~500 miles-- did so, they might learn
s
Boy Tom, W8JI really hit the nail on the head, the antenna that works the
best for you is the one you like.
I finally after years of inverted Ls and other esoteric vertical mishaps
I now have the antenna of my dreams - the one I have wished for since I
was 14 - found on page 343, Fig. 14-26B of t
Good afternoon to all,
First I have never understood this fascination with loop antennas... full
wave or not. Unless they are put up vertically and even then they have to
be feed at the correct spot (thanks for the education all those years ago
Frank W3LPL) they just don't work DX very well.. i
Mike,
Interesting. Would you tell us how you conducted the A/B comparison tests.
We hear a lot of conjecture like you said how "well' they work and how "quiet"
they are. Please give us the facts on the test antennas and how the A/B tests
were conducted and the data from the tests. This might b
Well said, Jim. Over the years, I have heard countless hams on HF testify
how "well" they work, and how "quiet" they are.
I was almost convinced. When we first moved to this rural acreage, myself
and another ham went back in the pasture with a 100' tape deciding where we
might put one. We decided
My best guess, based on what little information you have given here,
is that the radio contains a *Seiler* Oscillator. I've not run across
any reference to a "Sillner" oscillator prior to yours. The Seiler is
a variation on the basic Colpitts type.
Unless you can provide additional info on your r
Good afternoon to all,
First I have never understood this fascination with loop antennas... full wave
or not. Unless they are put up vertically and even then they have to be feed
at the correct spot (thanks for the education all those years ago Frank W3LPL)
they just don't work DX very well..
W8JI writes:good A-B test,
so it really boils down to what makes us happy. If we are happy, it is like
magic. It is as good as an extra 10 dB.
This is true no matter how our
antennas actually work. :)
This may the most brilliant statement about antennas in the past 50 years.
Rick K2XT
Hi Ed,
The height of my Tee vertical was determined by the rigging points in
trees to support the ends, with the design guideline that higher is
better. :) The length of the top was then determined by what it took to
get that 50 ohm match.
73, Jim K9YC
On Wed,7/1/2015 2:35 AM, Ed Sawyer wro
Same here. My T vertical for 160 is 100 ft vertical and 82 ft horizontal.
That makes the antenna resonant below the band, with a feedpoint Z of 50
ohms plus some inductive reactance on 160M. I add series C to tune out the
L. The same idea will certainly work on 80M.
I believe that this antenn
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