[Antennas] Graphite Fishing Rod

Wed Sep 16 09:47:25 EDT 2009

I've used one about 21 feet long with an inserted piece of flexible wire for
years as a mobile antenna-- field day-- with an LDG RT11 at the base and the
car as an counterpoise. Works well!!!
Alex	4Z5KS
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Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 12:53 AM
To: Joe
Cc: w1tjl at arrl.net; Antennas at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Antennas] Graphite Fishing Rod
Nope. First, it is essentially the same conductor due to capacitive 
coupling and it's not a shield unless you somehow ground the graphite. 
You're just trying to overcome the rather high resistance of the 
graphite. Works here...
-- 
Tom LeClerc, Amateur Radio Station W1TJL
 (past calls WB1CBY, /VE8,XL8,CI8,VO2)
 Yankee Clipper Contest Club (YCCC)
 LeClerc Consulting
 email: w1tjl at arrl.net
 PC/Network Consulting
Joe wrote:
> Buyt then wouldn't it act as a pretty good shield?
>> Tom wrote:
>> Hi Dennis,
>>>> I have a graphite rod I tried to use but found the resistance of the rod 
>> to be too high causing loss. However the good news is that they are 
>> hollow so a nice copper conductor slides down the middle... :-)
>>>> 73, Tom
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