Michael wrote:
Hiya....
The very beginning of the receiving wire is attached directly to the
ICE-180.
The part of the diagram that is creating the question about the exact path
the receiving wire takes has to do with how the wire gets wrapped around the
very center of the top of the stone chimney and then directed to another
corner of the roof.
The receiving wire starts at the tap on the ICE-180 which is on the roof at
the bottom of the chimney. From there, it goes straight up three feet to
the top of the chimney. There it is wrapped around the top of the chimney
once and leads to the first corner of the roof. From the corner of the
roof, it feeds through the securing nylon tie that is secured to the gutter,
and then goes back on itself to the chimney. At the chimney, it's wrapped
around once more and heads to the second corner of the roof. From the
second corner, it's again fed through the securing nylon tie and then back
to the chimney. This is repeated for the other two corners of the roof.
The final return of the receiving wire to the chimney is wrapped around once
at the chimney to secure it and then terminated to an insulator. If you
look at the top of the chimney, although each "wrap-around" is of equal
length and shape, it appears as if there is a small coil of wire around the
top of the chimney.
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Respectfully,
Michael
Now I get it. Thanks for clarifying it. I think it would be difficult to
analyze such a non conventional design, especially when you have doubled
the wire to each of the four arms of the 'X'. However if you're
satisfied with it's performance, more power to you. If I had your set
up, I would try making some kind of loop, using the chimney as the
connecting point for the downlead (coax). You could also do an
inverted-V (dipole), with the chimney as the high point or a rhombic,
starting at one corner and extending to each of the other corners. Have
fun.
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