Is the little ball on top of my antenna the ionsphere?
 

Ed wrote:
Jay wrote in
k.net:

I put the ball to a metal grinder and I could easily see an outer F
layer and then the E layer. I couldn't find a D layer, but it was
dark outside and there's not supposed to be a D layer at night. Neat
how antenna's can be manufactured to do that.

Just passed my tech and General on Sunday so I'll be on the bands as
soon as I find out my callsign and get an ionsphere for my antenna. I
destroyed the old one on the grinder and I hear you need a good
ionsphere to shoot good skip and hear far away stations. Reception has
been really ****ty lately without the ionsphere. I looked through the
last 4 issues of QST and I couldn't find anyone selling ionsphere's.
Where can I get one, or do I have to buy a whole new antenna?


You don't need a new one. The old one probably got stuck in your coax
by back-feed when you were grinding. Just get an RF brush and give your
coax a few swipes and the ionosphere should pop right back out!

Don't forget the electron grease.

--
Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics
http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm

Is the little ball on top of my antenna the ionsphere?
 

Jay wrote:

I put the ball to a metal grinder and I could easily see an outer F
layer and then the E layer. I couldn't find a D layer, but it was dark
outside and there's not supposed to be a D layer at night. Neat how
antenna's can be manufactured to do that.

Just passed my tech and General on Sunday so I'll be on the bands as
soon as I find out my callsign and get an ionsphere for my antenna. I
destroyed the old one on the grinder and I hear you need a good
ionsphere to shoot good skip and hear far away stations.



So how'd you do on the CW portion of the test?

sc

Is the little ball on top of my antenna the ionsphere?
 

Slow Code wrote:
Jay wrote:



So how'd you do on the CW portion of the test?
well enough he claims

whcih means you should be happy for him he passed the code test

sc

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TROLL-O-METER

Is the little ball on top of my antenna the ionsphere?
 

No, it's the Eye-Off-Sphere :-)

"Jay" wrote in message
k.net...
I put the ball to a metal grinder and I could easily see an outer F layer
and then the E layer. I couldn't find a D layer, but it was dark outside
and there's not supposed to be a D layer at night. Neat how antenna's can
be manufactured to do that.

Just passed my tech and General on Sunday so I'll be on the bands as
soon as I find out my callsign and get an ionsphere for my antenna. I
destroyed the old one on the grinder and I hear you need a good ionsphere
to shoot good skip and hear far away stations. Reception has been really
****ty lately without the ionsphere. I looked through the last 4 issues of
QST and I couldn't find anyone selling ionsphere's. Where can I get one,
or do I have to buy a whole new antenna?

Thanks, Jay

Is the little ball on top of my antenna the ionsphere?
 

"Stan Shankman" wrote in message
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No, it's the Eye-Off-Sphere :-)



Hey! I like that!

73, Steve, k9DCi

Is the little ball on top of my antenna the ionsphere?
 

Jay wrote:
I put the ball to a metal grinder and I could easily see an outer F layer
and then the E layer.

Hehhhhhh :)

That little ball is a magnet. It's what actually attracts and catches
those snippets of radio wave that are hovering all around you.

See? That's why coat-hangers never work as antennas.

;)

And supposedly aluminium can be used to amplify certain wavelengths.
Which is why tin-foil wads on the ionosphere also improve reception.

--
Steph (Bridge and Tunnel for Sale) Weil

Is the little ball on top of my antenna the ionsphere?
 

SW,

Coat Hanger make great Antenna for Walking About.

Leave the Coat Hanger in the Coat.

Put the Coat-on.

Put a Radio in the Breast-Pocket of the Coat.

Attach a short little Wire from the Radio to the CoatHanger.

You Got Radio ! ~ RHF
[ But it can be a Pain-in-the-Back :-]

Is the little ball on top of my antenna the ionsphere?
 

its actually the anti-ion-sphere if you want to get technical.