I used a RF noise bridge for trimming the five dipoles in my homemade
cobweb antenna. It's not as handy as an antenna analyzer but does the job.
73,
Drew/AF2Z
On 10/24/2024 07:18, Gerry leary via Elecraft wrote:
I am a blind person, and I have been actively on the air since 1963. Back then
I didn’t have any equipment to measure SWR resistance, capacitance or more
voltage. So I either got help from assigned person, or just played with things
anyway. I appreciate what you said about antenna, because I found through the
years That the best way to get a good radiating antenna is to play with it
until it receives well. It wasn’t until the TW one talking SWR meter that I had
any way to measure residence with numbers. Previously, I was using a device
that would use the RF radiated to Activate an oscillator. As my output went up
my tone in the oscillator changed. If I set it upright, the higher, the output,
the higher the tone. So I could then play with my wire antenna until I seem to
get maximum output. I never didn’t know what the SWR was Until 10 years ago or
so. I have found that experimenting like this is a really really fun challenge.
And I have also found like you, that resident antenna. Don’t necessarily make
that much difference. Thank you for the clarification, some of these YouTube
guys are way out there. I was a car mechanic for over 40 years, and I cringe
sometimes when I watch auto repair videos.
Gerry Leary Wb6ivf
On Oct 23, 2024, at 1:12 PM, Al Lorona <[email protected]> wrote:
resonant
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