On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 13:37:12 -0800, "John Smith"
wrote:

The rubber duckie antenna is certainly useful for some situations, however,
it is better if it stays on the walkie-talkie and we use another design for
portable or base use.

Hi John,

Given this opprobrium, what makes its cousin for 20M more suitable?
[20M is not noted for being line-of-sight either.] The principle
annoyance to erecting antennas is in matching them, beyond that, any
radiator from 0.1 to 0.625 wavelengths pretty much has the same gain
in the same direction. The difference being that some are harder to
interface to a transmitter than others.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Hey, have you ever built any antennas? I know it is tempting to go buy a
standard issue one and ask everyone else why they bother, sometimes, I am
even tempted myself...

Regards

"Richard Clark" wrote in message
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On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 13:37:12 -0800, "John Smith"
wrote:

The rubber duckie antenna is certainly useful for some situations,
however,
it is better if it stays on the walkie-talkie and we use another design
for
portable or base use.

Hi John,

Given this opprobrium, what makes its cousin for 20M more suitable?
[20M is not noted for being line-of-sight either.] The principle
annoyance to erecting antennas is in matching them, beyond that, any
radiator from 0.1 to 0.625 wavelengths pretty much has the same gain
in the same direction. The difference being that some are harder to
interface to a transmitter than others.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 17:43:53 -0800, "John Smith"
wrote:

Hey, have you ever built any antennas?

Hi John,

Hoist your own petard, bucko. I display my call, I am among my peers
and do not post anonymously (not that your veil hasn't been penetrated
Brett).

Now, the question again:
Given this opprobrium, what makes its cousin for 20M more suitable?

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Rather, back to my original question (your ADD--attention defecit disorder
is showing), "Anyone ever done a helical wound "Slim Jim?""

Regards


"Richard Clark" wrote in message
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On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 17:43:53 -0800, "John Smith"
wrote:

Hey, have you ever built any antennas?

Hi John,

Hoist your own petard, bucko. I display my call, I am among my peers
and do not post anonymously (not that your veil hasn't been penetrated
Brett).

Now, the question again:
Given this opprobrium, what makes its cousin for 20M more suitable?

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 18:00:30 -0800, "John Smith"
wrote:
Rather, back to my original question (your ADD--attention defecit disorder
is showing), "Anyone ever done a helical wound "Slim Jim?""

Hi "Jack,"

I suppose it has to be said if this is going anywhe Yes.

Is this 20 questions, or do you have any answers for yourself?

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

Apparently, I am not like you, I don't have all the answers and am just
sitting here ready to educate all the poor ignorant masses who have
questions.
I am amazed my motives can even be brought into question, to the
intelligent, I have suspected would be obvious.
I am interested in what others know, or think they know--I am interested in
things I do NOT yet know..
While if I am able to help someone with information in my possession--I will
quite willingly do so, however, I first need to gain this information.
Somehow, from all your posts, I am left with the impression you were
probably born knowing all the answers and, if not, you are now in the
possession of such and, all others serve only as an anoyance to you--so I
can see how you would puzzle over some ignorant A$$ such as myself.

Regards
--
Hay, if'n ya'll cun't konstructivly partecipete in this disscusion, haw
aboot speel-checkin it fer me?


"Richard Clark" wrote in message
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On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 18:00:30 -0800, "John Smith"
wrote:
Rather, back to my original question (your ADD--attention defecit disorder
is showing), "Anyone ever done a helical wound "Slim Jim?""

Hi "Jack,"

I suppose it has to be said if this is going anywhe Yes.

Is this 20 questions, or do you have any answers for yourself?

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

"Richard Clark" wrote:
... any radiator from 0.1 to 0.625 wavelengths pretty much
has the same gain in the same direction.
________________

This will be news to the FCC and AM broadcast stations, all of whom
understand that the ground wave from radiators of the heights you mention
above varies WIDELY, as demonstrated by empirical measurements going back
some 70 years.

For example, a 0.1 lambda radiator has about 54% of the groundwave field as
one of 0.625 wavelength, assuming a very good ground system for each (1 ohm
or so).

A matched radiator of 0.1 lambda height would need about 3-1/2X as much
input power as a 0.625 lambda matched radiator in order to generate the same
ground wave field strength over the same radio path.

RF

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 15:29:59 -0600, "Richard Fry"
wrote:

This will be news to the FCC and AM broadcast stations


Hi OM,

Send them a singing telegram.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC

"Richard Clark" wrote
This will be news to the FCC and AM broadcast stations
Hi OM, Send them a singing telegram.
_______________

I'll leave that to you, as the author of the news.

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 06:22:05 -0600, "Richard Fry"
wrote:

"Richard Clark" wrote
This will be news to the FCC and AM broadcast stations
Hi OM, Send them a singing telegram.
_______________

I'll leave that to you, as the author of the news.

Not as important as you first thought I see - which was my point.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC