[Antennas] W3EDP and mobile antennas

2002年5月18日 18:41:07 -0400

Regarding "gain": You do get gain in one or more directions but you =
would then lose in one or more directions. I realized with the "long =
wire" I could get gain in the direction that I was stringing the wire if =
I went long enough, (and losing it in other directions), but that was =
not the purpose of why I wanted a W3EDP antenna. I just wanted one that =
radiated more or less in all directions. =20
I imagine that there is a point where your antenna, if it is too short, =
will not be able to radiate all its energy, even if you use a tuner, and =
then you will experience a loss of power going out and a loss of signal =
coming in.=20
I once talked to the owner of the Lakeside antenna company. The one that =
makes those Hamstick antennas. I had hamsticks on my car and had a =
Yaesu radio with a built in tuner. I could tune the antenna with just =
hitting the button on the radio even without having the stainless steel =
whip on the antenna. The whip was one-half of the physical length of the =
antenna. I called the owner and asked him if the antenna would work =
just as well without the whip as long as I could get a match on my =
tuner. He said no, that it needed the whip. (He was very nice and said =
that everyone wanted a short mobile antenna and if he could make one =
that worked as well being short without the whip, he would.)
I still did not understand that if I could tune it why it was not =
working as well as if I had the whip on it. Could someone answer that? =
Thanks, Joe.=20
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