LOTS of fun can be had now and over the next few years on 10 meters. Easy to home-brew or, if you want to buy, a Sirio m-400 about $80, some coax and a 10foot piece of schedule 80 and you've got something quite adequate. WA3NZA
On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 12:26 PM M Reiter via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes I can now say with certainty that all antenna science is actually just > VooDoo. > after reading 100s of pages on an equal number of antenna configurations I > have determined that the only common denominator is that antennas must be > made from metal. and someone will let me know that is also not so. to sum > up my research you must have a 1/4, 1/2, 5/8, 3/8, 3/4 full wavelength > section at some angle to something else that is larger or smaller than the > original it must be between touching the earth or 200ft high whichever you > like more. it should be horizontal or vertical or an angle in-between. > can be made from wire or tubing of copper or aluminum but do not rule out > magnesium. it must be an open or closed circuit it definitely should or > should not be resonate, SWR is bad, but a little is ok. dont forget to > trim your antenna until you have trimmed too much then add some back and > trim some more. A balun unun unbalunousbulbulous, is absolutely maybe > required but dont use one, they are rings of mystery metal called ferite, > because they may be ferous and may be magic, they should be wound clockwise > or counter clockwise or both and may have 2 but can have as many as six > wires in a mystical configuration that can not be shown in 2 dimensions. > did i mention the magic ladder wire or 75-400 or more ohm coax with or > without loops to make something called ohms all nice and matchy matchy. > (oof course you dont need this either because radios do this for you.) > > so there you have it, all you need to know to get out there and make a > perfect antenna. > > Marc > Zombie Ham Operator, ki5ZHO > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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