Hi all
Thanks for the replies below from Bob and Eric to my mail of 8 March.
What do you expect that lumped inductance in the middle of the wire (or
anywhere else, for that matter) to accomplish? I can't see anything in the
theory of that antenna, which is somewhat limited, that hints at this.
What is the purpose of the loading? Slowing the signal on the wire is not
helpful.
Termination value changes with weather conditions, ground characteristics.
200 ohms is a fair average value (for resistor itself). 20 ohms is certainly
too low unless the ground connection itself is in the range of 200
Both points are noted and appreciated. I am not in a position to argue
technically. However my aim was to compensate for the shortened length of BOG
while accepting additional signal loss. If loading is not worthwhile where
does this leave the 'slinky' type system?
Incidentally the ground here is very poor and probably does account for the
high resistance earth connection. I am feeding via a 1:9 transformer (I tried
a 1:4 first).
I shall carry on with the experimentation.
Regards, Chris G4BGM
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