TELAMON,

"Tri-Band BroomStick Antenna" Read Message #410
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* Eight Foot piece of 1.25" ID (1.5" OD) PVC Pipe

* Seventy Feet (70 Ft) of #14 AWG Insulated Wire (19 Strands)

* Top Hat ("9-12" Pie Pan)

* Separator Stub 4"

* Top Coil: 32 Turns @ 1/8" Spacing

* Separator Stub 18"

* Middle Coil: 52 Turns @ 1/4" Spacing

* Separator Stub 11"

* Bottom Coil: 82 Turns @ 1/2" Spacing

* Separator Stub 6"

* Lead-In-Line Connection


"Image of Tri-Band 'BroomStick' Antenna"
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PHOTOS Section: Image "BroomStick Antenna Tri-Band"
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iane ~ RHF
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At RF frequencies the coils are shorted electrically because
there is a lot of capacitance between them. It won't work much
better than a piece of metal the same size. Coils can be useful
as part of an antenna if the turns are farther apart but as an
element to pick up RF energy from the air medium it will work
poorly.

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