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Hi Michael:
I've found, that if you put up "More Wire" you get " More Signal". A John Carr book says if you Quadruple the antenna length to get a 6 DB ( Noteceable) change in signal strength. Found that to be true, - So it sounds like what you 've got ( 200 foot multi directional ) works pretty good ! - If you're bored, ( & hanker to terrify the neighbors, ) You COULD try ( using a different color wire to keep it straight ) put up another 600 feet of wire on your roof & see if it measurably increases signal strength..! I mean, if bigger ain't better, how do you account for Ariciebo or the Very Large Arrays, or Art Bells Huge Loop antenna? Antennas are a nice, cheap hobby . . .. Dan ( R-75 & 100 feet random Wire) & a MFJ 1046 ( usually shut off) In article , "Michael" writes:... One of my two antennas is a home brew 200 ft random wire antenna. It's well grounded and also makes use of a coax feed and an ICE-180 matching transformer. Most importantly, it's set up and folded more like a piece of modern art rather then an antenna :-). Does anyone know what the heck this thing is ??? How would you classify this antenna besides being a work of modern art ??? LOL. There has got to be a reason behind it's performance. Any input would be appreciate. In short.. What the heck is it ??? -- Respectfully, Michael |
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Diverd4777 wrote:
Hi Michael: I've found, that if you put up "More Wire" you get " More Signal". A John Carr book says if you Quadruple the antenna length to get a 6 DB ( Noteceable) change in signal strength. Found that to be true, - So it sounds like what you 've got ( 200 foot multi directional ) works pretty good ! - If you're bored, ( & hanker to terrify the neighbors, ) You COULD try ( using a different color wire to keep it straight ) put up another 600 feet of wire on your roof & see if it measurably increases signal strength..! I mean, if bigger ain't better, how do you account for Ariciebo or the Very Large Arrays, or Art Bells Huge Loop antenna? Antennas are a nice, cheap hobby . . .. Bigger is better providing your receiver can handle the greater signal levels without overloading. If not, you will be frustrated with all the spurious (false) signals to be found throughout the receiver's tuning range. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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![]() Diverd4777 wrote: Hi Michael: I've found, that if you put up "More Wire" you get " More Signal". A John Carr book says if you Quadruple the antenna length to get a 6 DB ( Noteceable) change in signal strength. Found that to be true, Have you also noticed there is a 6dB increase in noise? The only way to get increased sugnal strength for horizontal antennas ( i.e. S/N) is to make the antenna directional- so there is an increase in one direction at the expense of another direction. Not very useful unless you can rotate the array. Dale W4OP |
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