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Coax Collinear Element Materials and Velocity Factor
wrote in message ... Thanks for the info... My main concern between my two examples was ease of construction I guess... After stripping the coax and throwing the braid and jacket away, I starting feeling like it was kind of a waste. Then I thought... why not just use insulated wire. But that would bring the element sizes up and not allow as much room for as many elements. Maybe two less elements, which wouldn't be huge, but it would be a difference in specs. One version is 10 half wave elements using a 78 VF center conductor in brass tube, along with a free space 1/4 on the bottom and one on the top. No short at the top as my tests showed this actually lowered performance. I actually am not sure why. Independent tests done by a reputable company that does this stuff full time showed this one to be about a 10 degree angle and about 8 db gain at peak angle. Which is pretty decent and it does perform quite well in real world tests. But of course there's always room for improvement. But anything more than that and there might be some pretty bad nulls on top. Hi Dave Again, opinion -- It is really difficult to gt a 4 or 5 wavelength long colinear antenna to work as well as the modeling predicts. Have you modeled the antenna you plan to build? Jerry KD6JDJ |
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