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Michael Coslo wrote:

JIMMIE wrote:

Once I joke about using a CB groundplane with a 10 db pad for an all
band antenna.
I thought about this for a while and decided to try it. I did nt have
to use 10 db maybe it was only 3db or 6db I cant remember now
to get an antenna that my soliddtate transceiver with no tuner was
happy with on allHF bands. I was fairly amazed at how well the
antenna worked or at least amazed that it did work at all.


What is more, you didn't have to spend 600 dollars for a bad antenna.


- 73 de Mike N3LI -

Years ago, I was working on a Marine HF Radio, on the bench, in Seattle
WA, connected to a Bird 1 Kw Dummy Load. As I was setting the -16 db
Pilot Carrier Level for the Public Coast Station KMI, at Point Rayes CA,
on 12 Mhz, I got a reply from the Operator, ON Duty, asking for Station
Call Sign. I had a nice chat with him for about 5 minutes. ANY antenna,
no matter how it is built, even a Dummy Load, will radiate, and
communicate IF the Band is open. If the Band is closed, it doesn't
matter how efficient the antenna is, you will not communicate.

--
Bruce in alaska
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