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Just for your information my antenna is mounted in the center of a 22 inch Dish 500 system. This puts the center at 11 inches and it does make it very directional.

I use a rotator and it pounds a good signal downtown from my high up North side Radio Station. I did no tuning on the dish and it has no matching system or tuner in line. The only check I ever made was a (1.5) to (1) match with a Radio Shack swr meter and then disconnected it.

I will not argue the fact that you math-heads say it will not work...because the book shows it won't...but it does!

It is good enough to use locally and it sure gets rid of the strong static and skip we are used to in the Sierra Mountain area. I can tune in distant stations by just homeing in on them and have actually gotten a response out of the Orange County area of California.

I don't want to beat a dead horse to death...but if you don't believe how good it works...you could always build one and try it yourself.

By the way...the antenna I use is for a radio-telephone and that should not even work on 27 mhz at all...but...it does. Perhaps it just works because I am high above the city and although using just a 4 watt Navaho Radio with lots of modulation.

The output is similar to my magnetic loop antenna. Lots of magnet energy and not so much in the way of watts.

Dick Baublitz xpi
KI7YF
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<blockquote data-quote="baublitz" data-source="post: 270264" data-attributes="member: 9511">xpiJust for your information my antenna is mounted in the center of a 22 inch Dish 500 system. This puts the center at 11 inches and it does make it very directional. I use a rotator and it pounds a good signal downtown from my high up North side Radio Station.&nbsp; I did no tuning on the dish and it has no matching system or tuner in line. The only check I ever made was a (1.5) to (1) match with a Radio Shack swr meter and then disconnected it.I will not argue the fact that you math-heads say it will not work...because the book shows it won&#039;t...but it does!It is good enough to use locally and it sure gets rid of the strong static and skip we are used to in the Sierra Mountain area. I can tune in distant stations by just homeing in on them and have actually gotten a response out of the Orange County area of California.I don&#039;t want to beat a dead horse to death...but if you don&#039;t believe how good it works...you could always build one and try it yourself.By the way...the antenna I use is for a radio-telephone and that should not even work on 27 mhz at all...but...it does. Perhaps it just works because I am high above the city and although using just a 4 watt Navaho Radio with lots of modulation.The output is similar to my magnetic loop antenna. Lots of magnet energy and not so much in the way of watts.Dick Baublitz xpiKI7YF:bdh:</blockquote>

[QUOTE="baublitz, post: 270264, member: 9511"] [b]xpi[/b] Just for your information my antenna is mounted in the center of a 22 inch Dish 500 system. This puts the center at 11 inches and it does make it very directional. I use a rotator and it pounds a good signal downtown from my high up North side Radio Station. I did no tuning on the dish and it has no matching system or tuner in line. The only check I ever made was a (1.5) to (1) match with a Radio Shack swr meter and then disconnected it. I will not argue the fact that you math-heads say it will not work...because the book shows it won't...but it does! It is good enough to use locally and it sure gets rid of the strong static and skip we are used to in the Sierra Mountain area. I can tune in distant stations by just homeing in on them and have actually gotten a response out of the Orange County area of California. I don't want to beat a dead horse to death...but if you don't believe how good it works...you could always build one and try it yourself. By the way...the antenna I use is for a radio-telephone and that should not even work on 27 mhz at all...but...it does. Perhaps it just works because I am high above the city and although using just a 4 watt Navaho Radio with lots of modulation. The output is similar to my magnetic loop antenna. Lots of magnet energy and not so much in the way of watts. Dick Baublitz xpi KI7YF :bdh: [/QUOTE]

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