Hi, Herb I went off and read from Earl's K6SE's writings about the FO0AAA low-band RX antenna.
The following is an excerpt from those writings: "It is a close relative of the Pennant and Flag antennas, which are ground-independent relatives of the Ewe. The Delta is a modification of the "delta-shaped Ewe loop" shown in figure 7-66 on page 7-51 of ON4UN's new Low-Band DXing book. I took John's Delta-Ewe and, with the feedpoint and termination located at the bottom corners of the triangle, I used EZNEC to optimize the design for best F/B and zero reactance at 1.830 mHz. This is the design that was built by ON4UN for use by FO0AAA." I guess that explains why, in my mind and memory, I had associated the antenna with John, ON4UN. 73, Charlie, K4OTV -----Original Message----- From: Topband [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Herb Schoenbohm Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 1:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Topband: 3B9EME The FO0AAA 160 RX antenna was put together for the operation by Earl Cunningham (SK) K6SE. Earl even wrote a detailed article on the design for QST. Herb, KV4FZ On 9/10/2013 10:24 AM, [email protected] wrote: > On Mon, 9 Sep 2013 22:44:45 -0400 "Charlie Cunningham" > <[email protected]> writes: >> Valid points, Keith. >> >> I think the boys that went to FO0AAA did good to hang up that KAZ >> terminated Loop that John, ON4UN, put together for them! > <snip> > > And FYI....there was no receiving amplifier used with that antenna on > Clipperton. > > 73, > Charlie, N0TT > 1 of 12 FO0AAA Oprs. > > _________________ > Topband Reflector _________________ Topband Reflector _________________ Topband Reflector
