[Antennas] Linear loading advice ?
Richard Karlquist
[email protected]
2002年8月13日 21:23:16 -0700
Linear loading is inferior to
lumped center loading, as explained
many times by antenna gurus such
as W8JI and W6ANR. Linear loading almost
never makes sense. Wind some coils and
save 140 bucks.
Rick Karlquist N6RK
[email protected]
www.n6rk.com
www.karlquist.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of STEPHEN
> C J BUNTING
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 9:03 AM
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: [Antennas] Linear loading advice ?
>>> Hi All,
>> I moved house last week, and in common with most British
> city plots, I
> have limited space for antennas. I have solutions for most of my
> favourite bands, bar 3.5MHz for the club net (read 200 mile
> radius coverage). I have played with mag loops etc in the
> past, but i'd like to have a go with linear loading. One of the UK
> suppliers is selling a lin loaded dipole (50ft long) for 3.5Mhz for
> about 140USD. Seems a lot of cash for a wire antenna !
>> So, I am going to play (learn) and try and build one. I
> have read the
> books, looked on the web etc and am going to use 16 guage wire,
> zig-zagged, spaced 1 inch apart.
>> Any hints anyone ? Or shall I just trim to resonance and
> report back to
> the group ?
>> Regards
> Steve
> M0BPQ
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