L.B. Cebik, W4RNL (www.cebik.com) devoted a number of his antenna articles on the Extended Double Zepp antenna variations and their application.
73, Henry Pollock - K4TMC ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jim GM <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 11:52 AM Subject: Re: Topband: 5/8 wavelength vertical is mo betta than shorter versions?? To: topband <[email protected]> All so see http://rudys.typepad.com/ant/files/antenna_colinear_zepp.pdf On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Jim GM <[email protected]> wrote: > See http://www.chem.hawaii.edu/uham/zepp15.html > > > On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Jim GM <[email protected]> wrote: > >> W8Ji is right with his analogy about the extended dipole. >> >> We used a 40M extended dipole for a few years on Field Day. Our closest >> guess was we had about 1 to 2 db over a 1/2 dipole on 40m in USA. Maybe we >> had a lousy ground the the extended dipole over came that as W8JI had said. >> >> I believe the lobes on 40 and other bands for this antenna was to our >> advantage for East West propagation. One of our team members looked into it >> more. >> >> -- >> Jim K9TF >> > > > > -- > Jim K9TF > -- Jim K9TF _________________ Topband Reflector _________________ Topband Reflector
