In ,
(Richard Cranium) wrote:

Frank Gilliland wrote in message . ..
In ,
(killdagger) wrote:

Greetings,
I've got me an RCA CB Co pilot 14T303 with a workman BS-1 dipole
antenna pinnes up in an inverted v outside my window. I recieve just
fine, but my transmit is horrible. I can't get a radio check from any
of the truckers up on the interstate (1/8 mi. from my house). I get a
barely audible signal monitoring from the other side of the house.
When I transmit I'm getting only the tiniest nudge on my s/mod meter.
Is my radio shot? of is it just the cheap antenna?

Any help with this dilemna would be greatly appreaciated.

Killdagger

I'm thinking that the final is shot, and what little RF being transmitted is
coming from the driver. If you have a multimeter, put the meter inline with the
power supply and measure the current being used by the radio in both transmit
and receive (with the volume down). With a good radio, transmit should draw at
least one amp more than receive. If it doesn't, the final is probably bad.

My bad; your guess is at least as good as Doc's was!

Wrong, o brainless troll. Look again at the original question, and think real
hard about the line, "I recieve just fine, but my transmit is horrible." Now if
you knew -anything- about radio (and you don't) you would know that antennas are
'reciprocal', meaning that if his antenna sucks on transmit, it will also suck
on receive. IOW, his problem isn't with the antenna.

So why couldn't
you just post your guess without attacking Doc, who gives freely of
real information without the personal attacks?

Because while -you- are a total imbicile when it comes to anything technical,
Doc is not, and should have known what I had to explain to you.

Now go crawl back under your rock.






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"Frank Gilliland" wrote in message
...
Wrong, o brainless troll. Look again at the original question, and think
real
hard about the line, "I recieve just fine, but my transmit is horrible."
Now if
you knew -anything- about radio (and you don't) you would know that
antennas are
'reciprocal', meaning that if his antenna sucks on transmit, it will also
suck
on receive. IOW, his problem isn't with the antenna.

So why couldn't
you just post your guess without attacking Doc, who gives freely of
real information without the personal attacks?

Because while -you- are a total imbicile when it comes to anything
technical,
Doc is not, and should have known what I had to explain to you.

Now go crawl back under your rock.


Frank he says he is a licensed ham, I doubt it but, where did he offer any
help? He just trolled/critisized your offer of help. a regular dick head if
you asks me.

Seems to me old Frankie has a bit to learn about how balanced antennas
work.

-SSB

Frank Gilliland wrote:

In ,
(Richard Cranium) wrote:


Frank Gilliland wrote in message . ..

In ,
(killdagger) wrote:


Greetings,
I've got me an RCA CB Co pilot 14T303 with a workman BS-1 dipole
antenna pinnes up in an inverted v outside my window. I recieve just
fine, but my transmit is horrible. I can't get a radio check from any
of the truckers up on the interstate (1/8 mi. from my house). I get a
barely audible signal monitoring from the other side of the house.
When I transmit I'm getting only the tiniest nudge on my s/mod meter.
Is my radio shot? of is it just the cheap antenna?

Any help with this dilemna would be greatly appreaciated.

Killdagger

I'm thinking that the final is shot, and what little RF being transmitted is
coming from the driver. If you have a multimeter, put the meter inline with the
power supply and measure the current being used by the radio in both transmit
and receive (with the volume down). With a good radio, transmit should draw at
least one amp more than receive. If it doesn't, the final is probably bad.

My bad; your guess is at least as good as Doc's was!


Wrong, o brainless troll. Look again at the original question, and think real
hard about the line, "I recieve just fine, but my transmit is horrible." Now if
you knew -anything- about radio (and you don't) you would know that antennas are
'reciprocal', meaning that if his antenna sucks on transmit, it will also suck
on receive. IOW, his problem isn't with the antenna.


So why couldn't
you just post your guess without attacking Doc, who gives freely of
real information without the personal attacks?


Because while -you- are a total imbicile when it comes to anything technical,
Doc is not, and should have known what I had to explain to you.

Now go crawl back under your rock.






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In , sideband
wrote:

Seems to me old Frankie has a bit to learn about how balanced antennas
work.

Oboy, here we go again.... are you about to say something really stupid, like
balanced antennas receive the same regardless of how well they transmit? Or that
a non-resonant dipole will receive just as well as a resonant dipole? Or that
balanced antennas are -not- reciprocal (which would conflict with everything
that has been learned in the field of radio for over a century)? Go right ahead,
Sideband -- educate me as to how balanced antennas work!






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Oh, goodie.. time to clean up the trash.

Frank Gilliland wrote:

In , sideband
wrote:


Seems to me old Frankie has a bit to learn about how balanced antennas
work.


Oboy, here we go again.... are you about to say something really stupid, like
balanced antennas receive the same regardless of how well they transmit?

No, you said that. I didn't have to. However, a non resonant antenna
showing a high SWR and a high RADIATION resistance will receive better
than it transmits, regardless of what phunkiephysics you're trying to
apply.

Or that
a non-resonant dipole will receive just as well as a resonant dipole?

Nope.. again.. you said that.. However, you should know that the
difference between an antenna receiving in resonance and one receiving
out of resonance (depending on how far out of resonance) is in the
nanovolt to miccrovolt range... so you might lose an s-unit or two on
receive. However a dipole showing a 2:1 SWR, as the op has presented,
isn't going to make that much of a difference in either transmit or
receive. Read some ARRL books, Frankie.

Or that
balanced antennas are -not- reciprocal (which would conflict with everything
that has been learned in the field of radio for over a century)?

No antenna is 1:1 "reciprocal" (as you call it).. The ability of the
antenna to radiate RF is not proportional to its ability to receive.
The sooner you get THAT out of YOUR head, you might actually stop
spreading bull**** false information.

Go right ahead,
Sideband -- educate me as to how balanced antennas work!



Again, go read a book, if you can get past your preconceived notions
that you know it all, you might actually learn something





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-SSB


P.S. My spellchecker keeps wanting to replace "Frankie" with
"France"... Go figure.

Speaking of wire dipoles..........

Have a look at this one. It's a distributed capacity coaxial wire dipole
antenna. There are no formulas, but it looks interesting.
Should start another interesting thread..........
http://www.k9gd.com/DCCDA.html

CP,
It's actually called a 'Double Bazooka' antenna and has
been around for ever. While it appears to be broaderbanded
than a 1/2 wave dipole, the problem is that the radiation
efficiency tapers off as you get to the extremes of the
frequency coverage. It will still show a low SWR, but because
of several things (reactances mostly), the radiation level
decreases so that you actually aren't radiating any more than
if you were using a 1/2 wave dipole with a high SWR. The
net gain over a common 1/2 wave dipole is zero.
It is a fairly 'quiet' antenna, not quite as much noise as
the
common dipole. At HF the diameter of the conductors make no
difference in the antenna's being broadbanded. The diameter
has to be increased to a sizable percentage of a wave length
before it really makes any appreciable difference. Something
like 6 feet diameter at 80 meters, and around 2 feet at 10/11
meters.
There is a formula for this type of antenna. You need to
know the velocity factor for the kind of coax you use. Cut the
total length of the dipole for (468/f{in Mhz}) = L1. Find the
electrical 1/2 wave length by multiplying this L1 by the coax's
velocity factor = L2. Subtract L2 from L1, divide it by two,
and that's how far from each end to short the inner conductor
and braid. The rest of the antenna is done as in the example.
There's a pretty good examination of coaxial dipoles in one
of
the ARRL's Antenna Compendium books.
'Doc

PS - The 'CCD' or Controled Capacitance Distribution antenna is
a whole 'nuther animal.

In , sideband
wrote:

Oh, goodie.. time to clean up the trash.

Frank Gilliland wrote:

In , sideband
wrote:


Seems to me old Frankie has a bit to learn about how balanced antennas
work.


Oboy, here we go again.... are you about to say something really stupid, like
balanced antennas receive the same regardless of how well they transmit?

No, you said that. I didn't have to. However, a non resonant antenna
showing a high SWR and a high RADIATION resistance will receive better
than it transmits, regardless of what phunkiephysics you're trying to
apply.

Wrong. You should know already that any antenna with a high radiation resistance
is an efficient radiator. And it just so happens that a dipole has it's highest
radiation resistance when it is resonant. SWR is not even a factor in this
topic.

Or that
a non-resonant dipole will receive just as well as a resonant dipole?

Nope.. again.. you said that.. However, you should know that the
difference between an antenna receiving in resonance and one receiving
out of resonance (depending on how far out of resonance) is in the
nanovolt to miccrovolt range... so you might lose an s-unit or two on
receive.

I agree to a point. Care to quantify that statement?

However a dipole showing a 2:1 SWR, as the op has presented,
isn't going to make that much of a difference in either transmit or
receive. Read some ARRL books, Frankie.

I agree. What's your point?

Or that
balanced antennas are -not- reciprocal (which would conflict with everything
that has been learned in the field of radio for over a century)?

No antenna is 1:1 "reciprocal" (as you call it).. The ability of the
antenna to radiate RF is not proportional to its ability to receive.

Wrong again. It is DIRECTLY proportional, all other factors being equal (IOW,
you aren't heating the wires with zillions of watts).

The sooner you get THAT out of YOUR head, you might actually stop
spreading bull**** false information.

You need to spend a little time at the library. Find a nice book on
electromagnetics, then search through the index for the terms 'radiation
intensity' and 'effective aperature'. I think you will find them on pages very
close to each other, if not on the same page. And you will notice that the
mathematical definitions of both terms are almost identical -- in fact, I have
one book that provides a formula to convert between the two. Why? Because they
are DIRECTLY RELATED, and that's why antennas are RECIPROCAL. Or maybe you think
that someone came up with the concept out of thin air....

Go right ahead,
Sideband -- educate me as to how balanced antennas work!



Again, go read a book, if you can get past your preconceived notions
that you know it all, you might actually learn something

My "preconcieved notions" come from the books you want me to read. Read them
yourself.





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P.S. My spellchecker keeps wanting to replace "Frankie" with
"France"... Go figure.

Read the directions.







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