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Hamstick dipole for 80m
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Cecil Moore wrote: Fred McKenzie wrote: I've collected the parts but haven't assembled it yet. It will be interesting to see how the monstrosity works! Hope you enjoy 75m QRP. Cecil- I can appreciate that a mobile whip used on an auto, does not have the efficiency of a full quarter wave vertical over an array of counterpoise wires. But it does work. I want to use a pair of mobile whips as a horizontal dipole. (Or more in the case of the Octopus.) Are you suggesting that such a dipole on 75 or 40 Meters, will not perform as well as just one of the whips mounted on an automobile? Fred K4DII |
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Hamstick dipole for 80m
Fred McKenzie wrote:
I want to use a pair of mobile whips as a horizontal dipole. (Or more in the case of the Octopus.) Are you suggesting that such a dipole on 75 or 40 Meters, will not perform as well as just one of the whips mounted on an automobile? The radiation resistance of a 75m hamstick is roughly about 0.5 ohms. The feedpoint impedance is roughly about 20 ohms if one subtracts out the ground losses. Very roughly, that would make a 75m hamstick dipole have a radiation resistance of about 1 ohm and a feedpoint impedance around 40 ohms. That's about 2.5 watts out for 100 watts in. I would say that qualifies for QRP and is actually an improvement over a 75m mobile hamstick with a measured signal strength that is 12 dB down from a good screwdriver which itself is about 10 dB down from a 1/2WL dipole. Almost any other antenna in the world will beat a 75m hamstick dipole. One can radiate ten times as much power simply by lengthening it by 50% and using high-Q loading coils. -- 73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com |
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Hamstick dipole for 80m
Cecil Moore wrote in news:2KTMj.8379$V14.7229
@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com: Fred McKenzie wrote: I want to use a pair of mobile whips as a horizontal dipole. (Or more in the case of the Octopus.) Are you suggesting that such a dipole on 75 or 40 Meters, will not perform as well as just one of the whips mounted on an automobile? The radiation resistance of a 75m hamstick is roughly about 0.5 ohms. The feedpoint impedance is roughly about 20 ohms if one subtracts out the ground losses. Very roughly, that would make a 75m hamstick dipole have a radiation resistance of about 1 ohm and a feedpoint impedance around 40 ohms. That's about 2.5 watts out for 100 watts in. I would say that qualifies for QRP and is actually an improvement over a 75m mobile hamstick with a measured signal strength that is 12 dB down from a good screwdriver which itself is about 10 dB down from a 1/2WL dipole. Almost any other antenna in the world will beat a 75m hamstick dipole. One can radiate ten times as much power simply by lengthening it by 50% and using high-Q loading coils. Hi: As I reported some time ago, I compared Hamstick dipoles to a full size dipole at about the same height. The Hamstick dipole was about 20d down from the full size antenna. The 2:1 SWR bandwidth was about 65KHz. They work as an antenna but are in the better than nothing class. John Passaneau W3JXP |
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Hamstick dipole for 80m
John Passaneau wrote:
As I reported some time ago, I compared Hamstick dipoles to a full size dipole at about the same height. The Hamstick dipole was about 20d down from the full size antenna. So I was generous in estimating 2.5 watts radiated out of 100w input. In your case, it was more like 1 watt radiated out of 100w input. -- 73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com |
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