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C2, I thought I was in the CB section.

All I can do anymore is model and I can scale to any frequency you can measure with my Eznec models.

C2, this is why I started studying about antennas, mostly the 1/4 wave, a long time ago, and I started in the real world...long before we had the Internet. I was hearing bad reports about installing stainless steel 102" whips, and claims that they wouldn't work right on a lot of mobile installs. I didn't know why that was...and I was curious.

So I started with the contraption I posted above. I wasn't looking for perfection, but I found that was nearly possible in the real world using a simple 102" whip with a few more slanted down radials attached. All I had was an inline SWR meter at first plus an old Palomar noise bridge. Then later I got me a portable analyzer, but still few believed what I post as my results. Later I learned to get Eznec to make a model, but then even fewer believed what I posted. I sure hope you can put some light on this subject.

So.......I don't know if this is the direction, but keep it simple and keep us posted, OK?

<blockquote data-quote="Marconi" data-source="post: 482310" data-attributes="member: 903">C2, I thought I was in the CB section. &nbsp;All I can do anymore is model and I can scale to any frequency you can measure with my Eznec models.&nbsp;C2, this is why I started studying about antennas, mostly the 1/4 wave, a long time ago, and I started in the real world...long before we had the Internet. I was hearing bad reports about installing stainless steel 102&quot; whips, and claims that they wouldn&#039;t work right on a lot of mobile installs. I didn&#039;t know why that was...and I was curious.&nbsp;So I started with the contraption I posted above. I wasn&#039;t looking for perfection, but I found that was nearly possible in the real world using a simple 102&quot; whip with a few more slanted down radials attached. All I had was an inline SWR meter at first plus an old Palomar noise bridge. Then later I got me a portable analyzer, but still few believed what I post as my results. Later I learned to get Eznec to make a model, but then even fewer believed what I posted. I sure hope you can put some light on this subject.&nbsp;So.......I don&#039;t know if this is the direction, but keep it simple and keep us posted, OK?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marconi, post: 482310, member: 903"] C2, I thought I was in the CB section. [B][I]All I can do anymore is model and I can scale to any frequency you can measure with my Eznec models.[/I][/B] C2, this is why I started studying about antennas, mostly the 1/4 wave, a long time ago, and I started in the real world...long before we had the Internet. I was hearing bad reports about installing stainless steel 102" whips, and claims that they wouldn't work right on a lot of mobile installs. I didn't know why that was...and I was curious. So I started with the contraption I posted above. I wasn't looking for perfection, but I found that was nearly possible in the real world using a simple 102" whip with a few more slanted down radials attached. All I had was an inline SWR meter at first plus an old Palomar noise bridge. Then later I got me a portable analyzer, but still few believed what I post as my results. Later I learned to get Eznec to make a model, but then even fewer believed what I posted. I sure hope you can put some light on this subject. So.......I don't know if this is the direction, but keep it simple and keep us posted, OK? [/QUOTE]

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