Joe Bloe wrote:
Gee. . . You're sure a cheery fellow.

Hi Rob - Richard has a way with words. Stick with him, and you'll start
to enjoy it, once you get used to the prose.


I was mostly interested in the Historic Art of the darn thing. I
well know it's majorly "Out Dated", but if one does things for the
pure enjoyment of it, then I guess it's not the issue of performance,
but art, which is also defined by retrieving a wonderful time from out
of our past. I'm just a stupid romantic at heat. . . And I enjoy
being so.

It is a viable antenna, and not outdated. It might help you eke out a
bit more bandwidth on 80/75 meters. And as far as I am concerned, it is
plenty cool looking too.


Okay, so you are a romantic. I have a little bit of that in me too! Try
these on for size:


Make and use some real open line feeder. This stuff is cool, works
really well, and has a real retro look to boot. Most of the time we use
plastic spacers these days, but if you want to be authentic, you could
use wood dowels soaked in hot paraffin.

Of course you'll need a tuner for that setup. How about an "open faced
tuner"? Wind the coil on a suitable form, and use clips to attach to it
to tune. Make everything pretty, and you'll have a nice nostalgia type
station that also works. I'd suggest that the tuner have a plexiglass
cover for safety.

Old school, You bet. Very very cool though.

Thanks for the info though. I guess some how I got the information
backwards, but then again, I also see a great many views on the
subject of a fat conductor. . . Me thinks the subject still isn't
closed due to that simple fact that nobody really yet knows for sure.


- 73 de Mike KB3EIA -