Just my $0.02 Danny E73M This is a good point. If the cores are sitting close to a ground plane will the small asymmetries between the conductors in the bifilar turns and the ground plane be large en
On 11/21/2015 10:36 AM, Jim Lux wrote: On 11/21/15 9:50 AM, Michael Tope wrote: On 11/21/2015 8:22 AM, Daniel Danny Horvat wrote: Placing an "open" wound 2.4" toroid BALUN on/near a ground plane will
On 11/22/2015 11:26 AM, Jim Lux wrote: On 11/22/15 9:53 AM, Steve Hunt wrote: Unfortunately that test doesn't subject the balun to the maximum CM stress it might experience in a typical application -
I could be wrong, but I suspect one major application for star guying are towers that support very high-gain microwave antennas that require very precise and stable beam pointing. You don't want a mi
Gary, I trust you are adjusting the element lengths on that Wilson 3 element 40 per some sort of NEC optimized dimensions and not the Wilson factory dimensions from the manual? The reason I ask is th
On 4/24/2018 2:43 PM, jimlux wrote: On 4/24/18 12:05 PM, Shawn Donley wrote: Some recent posts on grounding reminded me of something I've always wondered about. How is the radiation efficiency of a
Some folks I work with had to place some 225-450 MHz corner reflectors on a dry lake bed and anchor them firmly in place. That is when I learned about the existence of the Industrial Fabrics Associat
I know you and Dean are buddies, but don't get me started about him. Since he's using his software which has been shown to be in error in the past, "Introducing an Improved Version of Transmission L