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    Coaxial Sleeve Dipole-Driven Slim-Jim Collinear Antenna Proposal

    Hi All, I hope all is well and was hoping to get some feedback from the forum for a new antenna project I am working on. I've been attempting to learn all I can about vertical collinear antennas and the various methods of loading and phasing them. I want to avoid a jpole design due to the...
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    Hi-Fidelity / Lo-Finance

    Hi All! I've been an avid Audio/Video junkie for decades now. The last time I was into the radio hobby, I was a middle-schooler without any type of discerning ear as far as audio quality is concerned. Heck, back then I naively assumed that one can judge the quality of an audio system based...
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    Mounting Inverted V Under A99 Vertical

    I wanted to get some thoughts as to a proposal. I built a 2-element fan-dipole with one element tuned for 11-meter use and the other for 10-meter use. While my 1/2 wave vertical (A99) works quite well for both local and dx contacts on both bands, I would like to have the option available to...
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    Solarcon A99 Experimental Results and Analysis of Ground Plane Radials

    Hello Everyone, While this is my first post, I have been lurking in the background for some time assimilating as much information as possible. The conversations on this board have been invaluable to assisting my pursuits in this hobby. A little background...I have been out of the radio...