Ah! I should have phrased it " A perfect antenna FOR 10 meters". That thing should load up great, even cut for 11 (or maybe give it a trim). It might even work on 2, with some help loading.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Carnahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Coupe-list" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 10:07 PM Subject: Re: [COUPERS] radio antina > I think the c.b. is 11 meter . still have a a.f. 67 elmac . Gess you guys > cant handle this type of stuff . ken > -----Original Message----- > From: Artie Langston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Coupe-list <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, February 24, 2000 7:40 PM > Subject: Re: [COUPERS] radio antina > > > Man, are you lucky, Rich! You have a perfect 10 meter antenna on your plane > at just the right time. I've found signing aeronautical mobile scares up a > lot of DX. > > I once had a 1940 Luscombe once that still had the gear in it for a trailing > wire antenna. I may hold a record for 160 meter phone and CW aeronautical > mobile. I'd put a tiny windsock on the end, and reel out 150 feet of very > thin magnet wire. > > The Kenwood 440 I had used an automatic antenna tuner. Worked a lot of 160 > AM phone. > > I tested the wire for 150 MPH, but made sure it was still brittle enough to > easily break if something caught it. > > Artie KD0GY/N2666H > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Coupe-list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 7:10 PM > Subject: Re: [COUPERS] radio antina > > > > I found the discussions on antenna's real interesting. When I bought > > the coupe, it had two antennas of the swept back Antenna Specialists > > design located just behind the rear windows on the top about 12" apart. > > The first one I tested worked fine on the aviation band but I could not > > get the second one to resonate in that spectrum. I used my grid dip > > oscillator and found that it resonated on the CB band. Guess one of the > > 36 previous owners like CB radio. I was also thinking of a bottom > > mounted antenna. As a Ham radio operator, I have always found that > > antenna orientation is more important in most respects than more power, > > especially with frequencies that work line of sight. > > Rich Blair. > > N99997 4J6 > > St. Marys, Ga. > > > > > __________________________________________________________________________ __ > ____ > > To unsubscribe from this list please send > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _____________________________________________________________ > > Want to find the best email lists? Check out the Topica 20! > > http://www.topica.com/topica20 > > __________________________________________________________________________ __ > ____ > To unsubscribe from this list please send > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > _____________________________________________________________ > Want to find the best email lists? Check out the Topica 20! > http://www.topica.com/topica20 > > > __________________________________________________________________________ __ ____ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > _____________________________________________________________ > Want to find the best email lists? Check out the Topica 20! > http://www.topica.com/topica20 > __________________________________________________________________________ ______ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________________________ Want to find the best email lists? Check out the Topica 20! http://www.topica.com/topica20
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