Bill wrote:

Has anyone tried the new super broomstick receiving antenna for sale on
ebay? I was wondering if it was any good or not.

Bill,
There are a number of variations on the broomstick antenna. They
are all variations on a helically wound antenna (a coil of wire, usually
fairly wide spaced, on a broomstick or dowel). In the absence of any
other antenna they may or may not work well enough to satisfy you, but
you might do just as well or better with a piece of wire strung across
the room or hanging out the window. Transmitting is another case --
but you mentioned the 'receiving antenna'. Hope this helps!

Irv VE6BP
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Roy Without any RF test equipment, another way to tell is by physical
Roy measurement of the dielectric and inner conductor diameters. But
Roy you'll need some calipers to do that. If you have piece of marked
Roy cable of the same outside diameter and either impedance for
Roy comparison, you can easily tell the difference -- for the same
Roy outside diameter, 75 ohm cable has a noticeably smaller inner
Roy conductor than 50 ohm cable.

This is very helpful. Thanks!

Jack.
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I was actually waiting for someone to catch it but you were too busy
thinking troll or flame.

TV Coax is 75ohm.


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Not necessarily!, there are also "Broomstick " antennas (VHF- UHF type) that
are STACKED sections of coax (Co-linears), where the sheath of a 1/2 wave
length piece is soldered to the center conductor of the next 1/2 wave piece
of coax (and also vice versa), with several of these sections, done, the
last section, if memory serves me right, is a 1/4 wave piece of wire, and it
is attached to the last 1/2 wave section, shield, and center conductor
shorted together!
similar to DB PRODUCTS- Green Hornet, and has a 1/4 wavelength radial for
counterpoise.
as info, Jim NN7K



"Irv Finkleman" wrote in message
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Bill wrote:

Has anyone tried the new super broomstick receiving antenna for sale on
ebay? I was wondering if it was any good or not.

Bill,
There are a number of variations on the broomstick antenna. They
are all variations on a helically wound antenna (a coil of wire, usually
fairly wide spaced, on a broomstick or dowel). In the absence of any
other antenna they may or may not work well enough to satisfy you, but
you might do just as well or better with a piece of wire strung across
the room or hanging out the window. Transmitting is another case --
but you mentioned the 'receiving antenna'. Hope this helps!

Irv VE6BP
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I was actually waiting for someone to catch it but you were too busy
thinking troll or flame.

TV Coax is 75ohm.



TV coax has the shield made of aluminum or other nonsolderable material. 75
ohm coax can be soldered :-)

wrote:

Not necessarily!, there are also "Broomstick " antennas (VHF- UHF type) that
are STACKED sections of coax (Co-linears), where the sheath of a 1/2 wave
length piece is soldered to the center conductor of the next 1/2 wave piece
of coax (and also vice versa), with several of these sections, done, the
last section, if memory serves me right, is a 1/4 wave piece of wire, and it
is attached to the last 1/2 wave section, shield, and center conductor
shorted together!
similar to DB PRODUCTS- Green Hornet, and has a 1/4 wavelength radial for
counterpoise.
as info, Jim NN7K

The one on e-bay, which he referred to, was for HF
and I replied in a simplified manner so as
not to lead to any esoteric or off-topic confusion.
His question led to a lot of stuff on the thread which
was of no value to him whatsoever!

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Diagnosed Type II Diabetes March 5 2001
Beating it with diet and exercise!
297/215/210 (to be revised lower)
58"/43"(!)/44" (already lower too!)
--------------------------------------
Visit my HomePage at http://members.shaw.ca/finkirv/
Visit my very special website at http://members.shaw.ca/finkirv4/
Visit my CFSRS/CFIOG ONLINE OLDTIMERS website at http://members.shaw.ca/finkirv5/
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Irv Finkleman,
Grampa/Ex-Navy/Old Fart/Ham Radio VE6BP
Calgary, Alberta, Canada