I'd love to believe it, but it makes no sense to me....
 

http://www.cvni.net/radio/e2k/e2k029/e2k29miniwhip.html

I'd love to believe it, but it makes no sense to me....
 

Steve wrote:

http://www.cvni.net/radio/e2k/e2k029/e2k29miniwhip.html

A European version of the Tiny-Tenna?

dxAce
Michigan
USA

I'd love to believe it, but it makes no sense to me....
 

Haw Haw Haw!
cuhulin

I'd love to believe it, but it makes no sense to me....
 

I own one of these little Roelof mini-whips
A nice little performer and highly portable.
As the article states, it must be mounted HIGH outside and well away from
any noise source.
It's a bit prone to noise pickup compared to my DX 1 Pro though.

I think it's a bit more sophisticated than the Tiny-Tenna

--
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
RX Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
Drake SW8 & ERGO software
Sony 7600D GE SRIII
BW XCR 30, Braun T1000, Sangean 818 & 803A.
GE circa 50's radiogram
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx

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Steve wrote:

http://www.cvni.net/radio/e2k/e2k029/e2k29miniwhip.html

A European version of the Tiny-Tenna?

dxAce
Michigan
USA

PA0RDT-Mini-Whip {Active} Antenna - Inch-per-Inch - It Works !
 

Hmmm. Does the designer have a website?

Steve

PA0RDT-Mini-Whip {Active} Antenna - Inch-per-Inch - It Works !
 

I'll have to go back and read Guy's post. I think I was traveling with
limited access to email when it appeared.

Here's another interesting account of a DXpedition featuring this tiny
whip:

http://wireless.org.uk/loopy.htm

He doesn't discuss the whip in much detail. I provide the link above
primarily because it's an interesting read. But get this. The author
sets up a 350 ft. circumference loop and and a 120 ft. long inverted L
at a height of 65 ft. Big antennas by most people's standards. Then,
toward the end, he remarks:

"I also took the PA0RDT mini-whip with me and on a 20ft pole it was
easily as sensitive as the big aerials, slightly less noisy than the
Marconi but not as quiet as the loop."

All I can say is, there must be some special amplifier in this thing
because there's very little there to gather signal.

Steve