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ART'S ANTENNA
Met an old ham a couple of weeks ago he had recently moved into a
senior citizens complex and was unable to have antennas of any sort erected, all he had was, as he put it, a piece of wire in the loft. After a bit of thought I decided to make one of Art's antennas for him. I made a former 16" long by 10.5"diameter and contra-wound aprox 550' of twisted (1100' single) 19 gauge copper magnet wire onto it, covered same in pvc tape and took it over to him yesterday morning, he took some swr readings they were as follows. SWR 1.8 = 1.2 :1 3.75 = 1 :1 7.075 = 1.7 :1 14.075 = 4 :1 21.075 = 6 :1 He did not have a variometer but is going to build one, will post results when He gives them to me, I left him playing with the antenna and he seemed to be a very happy man. Derek |
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