Art Unwin wrote:
On Apr 22, 8:46 pm, Tom Ring wrote:
Art Unwin wrote:

The helix is four foot long and a foot diameter. The base of the
reflector is 1.5 feet
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Art
A 1 foot diameter helix would be a design for the 1 meter band, not 160.
You need to scale it up just a bit.

The diameter should be about 50 meters. The reflector should be maybe
150 meters in diameter. This is not going to fit in your back yard.

tom
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Tom
What you say it should be is guided by conventional teachings and my
designs are not conventional. Per conventional teachings it would be
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Art

Ok. So what have you changed from a standard helical design that makes
it "not conventional" ?

Your original description sounded pretty much like a stock 1m band
helical, so if you've done something to pull it down 160:1 in frequency,
I'd love to hear what it is. It must be simple and obvious, because you
didn't mention it in your post.

tom
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