Re: Topband: Twist a Flag into a Bowtie?

2016-12-13 Thread JC
opband' <topband@contesting.com> Subject: Re: Topband: Twist a Flag into a Bowtie? So, is the ground wire just left "floating", JC?No electrical connection to the antenna itself? Thanks and 73, Nick VE7DXR At 11:23 13-12-16, JC wrote: >Hi Nick > >The wire will reduc

Re: Topband: Twist a Flag into a Bowtie?

2016-12-13 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
gt;73's >JC > >N4IS > >-Original Message- >From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Don >Kirk >Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2016 10:13 AM >To: D Michael <damich...@verizon.net> >Cc: topband <topband@contesting.com> >Subject

Re: Topband: Twist a Flag into a Bowtie?

2016-12-13 Thread JC
...@ieee.org] Sent: Monday, December 12, 2016 10:59 PM To: JC <n...@comcast.net> Cc: 'topband' <topband@contesting.com> Subject: Re: Topband: Twist a Flag into a Bowtie? What kind of improvement in performance is observed by providing a better ground, JC? And, where would a ground wire (

Re: Topband: Twist a Flag into a Bowtie?

2016-12-12 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
: Sunday, December 11, 2016 10:13 AM To: D Michael <damich...@verizon.net> Cc: topband <topband@contesting.com> Subject: Re: Topband: Twist a Flag into a Bowtie? Hi Mike, Funny you should ask that. A few months ago (September) I was looking at building a smaller size DHDL using 4Nec2, an

Re: Topband: Twist a Flag into a Bowtie?

2016-12-11 Thread JC
[mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Don Kirk Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2016 10:13 AM To: D Michael <damich...@verizon.net> Cc: topband <topband@contesting.com> Subject: Re: Topband: Twist a Flag into a Bowtie? Hi Mike, Funny you should ask that. A few months ago (September) I

Re: Topband: Twist a Flag into a Bowtie?

2016-12-11 Thread Don Kirk
Mike and Gang, It was this project (terminated bowtie) that got me looking into the KD9SV 994 x5 preamp a few months ago (I published some info on this preamp a few months ago). I think the KD9SV 994 x5 preamp sometimes called the KD9SV VLN preamp (very low noise preamp) would be perfect for use

Re: Topband: Twist a Flag into a Bowtie?

2016-12-11 Thread Don Kirk
Hi Mike, Funny you should ask that. A few months ago (September) I was looking at building a smaller size DHDL using 4Nec2, and there were a few things I saw that I thought needed improvement (I saw things in the full size DHDL that I thought needed improvement, it was not limited to the small