Making an element thicker does change the length required to achieve resonance so the guy at the shop was telling you the truth. But the effect is...
He said in defense of of his indefensible position. If you see something I said that's in error on some other post/thread you should counter it...
Outlaw CB OK if you insist I'll argue the point. While what you say about dielectric constants of plastics reducing the velocity factor and...
Mostly I'd have to agree with your ummm collection but Number 3 is in error a 5/8ths mobile would need to be 21.5 ft. Who told you that a rubber...
If you cant talk then just listen. Disable the push to talk button on an old mic Usually you will get the warning or info you want without...
Most useful TV antenna is ....don't laugh (Rabbit Ears) It can be used for both VHF and UHF channels and it folds/collapses to about 1" X 2" X...
If only some operators are garbled I suspect the garbled transmissions are from radios that have been ruined to make them " louder" cut limiters,...
Rodger beeps and noise toys are alright if used reasonably I used to hate western Ohio listening to "sproingg" every 20 seconds for 3 hours...
To the original question the power needles position for best SWR. I heard a way of setting SWR with a dummy load . IIRC the power is the same...
Nice find. Their patterns and results look a lot like the ones I got from modeling. I considered including out of phase feeding in my post but...
Co-phased antennas are by nature directional because signals that arrive at both antennas at the same time (broadside or forward and backward if...
I agree you got it mostly right except I'm pretty sure modulation higher than the carrier clips the bottom of the wave, the top can go higher the...
102" because stainless steel whips are commonly sold that long? In air or vacuum at 11 meters the length of a quarter of a wave is about 108"...
The OP, Fudz073, already stated in post # 10 that he managed to reduced the SWR to 1.4 by cutting the element down to 104". And was asking about...
