Want to know what a CCD antenna is really
supposed to do compared to say a delta loop...Just put one up and it
seems too good to be true compared to my well known hot signal 40 meter
delta...what is your opinion and please reply all so I will get a
person
response.

We already quickly talked about this a year or two ago, but
I'm not that great a fan of them. Or at least, I see no real advantage
to any other type of antenna. I've worked and check signals on scads
of those over the years, and to tell you the truth, as far as
performance
compared to just a dipole, they are often inferior in the real world.
Or to put it another way....Many of the CCD users often had inferior
signals compared to the dipole users, when you take an average
reading over a period of days or weeks.. I never saw any that were
better...
Why does it seem to good to be true? All a CDD does is supposably
maintain a more constant current distribution across the antenna.
In some cases, IE: a steep inv vee, this could be a *disadvantage*.
Or seems to me...I would prefer the current concentrated at the apex,
which is the high point of the antenna. If you spread current more
towards
lower sections of the wire, this could actually decrease perfomance.
Myself, I see no advantage, and will stick to my dipoles, etc...MK