Re: [time-nuts] Those helix antennas in the photos...

2012-06-05 Thread Rex
On 6/5/2012 5:36 AM, George Dubovsky wrote: On (B) and (C), helices are tapered to broadband their frequency response. Usually the pitch changes along with the diameter. 73, geo - n4ua I was just reading in the 3rd edition of Antenna Engineering Handbook, that the sharp taper at the end give

Re: [time-nuts] Those helix antennas in the photos...

2012-06-05 Thread George Dubovsky
On (B) and (C), helices are tapered to broadband their frequency response. Usually the pitch changes along with the diameter. 73, geo - n4ua On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 7:47 AM, Michael Baker wrote: > Time-Nutters-- > > What I saw in the photos of the helix antennas that I > found interesting was:

[time-nuts] Those helix antennas in the photos...

2012-06-05 Thread Michael Baker
Time-Nutters-- What I saw in the photos of the helix antennas that I found interesting was: A) The tapered cone-shaped cup that some of the helix antennas sat in. What does this do? Most helix antennas seem to sit over a flat ground plane but these are different. B) Some of the