In article ,
Terry wrote:
About 30 years ago, "73", a ham radio magazine, ran sevveral articles
on
a DDRD or DRRD, or something very similar antenna. The antenna was
amde from 1.5" muffler pipe formed into a circle with a piece notched
out. The antenna
had a farily narrow BW, so a different on was required for each ham
band.
They could be nested one loop inside the other. The follwup letters
rated
the antenna from very good to bad. I suspect I have the name wrong
because
a Google came up with nothing.
Anyone remember the real name of this antenna?


Close. DDRR. It's in the ARRL Antenna Book 1988 edition in the
"Antennas for Limited Space". There's a reference to the July 1972 QST.
They need a great ground, though. Something that the tuned "Hart" loops
like those sold by AEA and (I gather) MFJ don't need. (They're also in
that book in the "Loop Antenna"'s chapter).

Mark Zenier Washington State resident

"Mike Terry" wrote in message
...
Snippety-doo-da...
Ham signals can travel thousands of miles with the help of repeaters and
other devices that relay signals from one spot to the next.

Interesting story. Never heard the ionosphere called a "device" before!

Yes, there's a lot to be said for having your own little piece of land to
string your antennas around (or big piece of land if you are lucky enough!)

Mark.
Auckland, New Zealand.

Mark wrote:

Interesting story. Never heard the ionosphere called a "device" before!


It's part of the Terran/cosmological interface system apparatus.
Everyone knows that! Many people may have confused Mr. Terry's
description as being that of a packet radio network..but what do they
know?





mike

In article ,
Mike Terry wrote:

But like many hams today, he faces growing pressure to choose between his
hobby or his home.

As the nation grows more urbanized and more housing developments write
no-antenna rules into their deeds, many southern Florida hams find
themselves squeezed out of their communities or pushed off the air.

"Hams are finding that communities are less friendly," said Stephanie
Phillips, a Brevard County, Fla., ham operator and a Florida spokeswoman for
the Amateur Radio Relay League, or ARRL.

Maybe the various radio users (ham, SWL, CB) need to come up with the
equivalent to the red marked towns on the AAA maps. Some source of
information that tells the various emergency radio users that the local
cops don't like mobile scanners, the city is in the pocket of the power
companies BPL program, or the local real estate developers have a love
affair with restrictive convenants. Some map to look at when the place
is going to burn down or blow away and tell the city/state/FEMA officials
that you'll get back to them when it's convenient.

Mark Zenier Washington State resident