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Considering using wound ferrite core incorporated into fiberglass whip. If the toroid were large enough I could wrap thermaleze wire and center the toroid on the fiberglass shaft. Has anyone tried this?
Nickel plated copper pipe, good, efficient conductor for making an antenna? Or, is nickel too lossy. The current will travel on the outer surface, skin effect, yes?
I have a question concerning phased verticals and feed point impedance shifting. I understand that a single vertical will/can change impedance when mutually coupled with a second independently tuned vertical when combined/phased. My question is this, can the system reactance after mutual...
Inside a Francis antenna....
Interesting, I believe that's enameled wire. And, it's wound with two wires sharing a common feed point, but electrically isolated from each other. I wonder if this was the inspiration for the Van Ordt quad wrap?
I know it inspired me to make my own version.
Hit a TX Star dx500 straight 4 pill, (Toshiba 2879) with a Stryker 655, or 380 Magnum? Can you set the radio carrier to lo watts (less than 5 watt radio carrier) and swing like crazy into this amp? Will it give monster ahhhhhdeeeeoooooo???? Or, is 40 watts of pep the most you can input into this...
Been looking online at a Van Ordt clone... Started wondering if they might be NOS Van Ordt...Anyone know anything about these Procomm Q45W 4.5' antennas?
Put a solid aluminum extension on the bottom of a fiberglass whip....
Something like a 2' aluminum shaft at the bottom of a 2' Wilson, or Firestick whip...
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