Rick, I think it had more to do with getting something out of the shack
window with the tuner inside. I also think it had more to getting the
current maximum at the top of the pole. The OT's used to tell me they
just taped a #47 bulb and a small loop of wire at the top and fed some
power 20 watts or so at night and then trimmed the far end for maximum
brilliance to try and get the current maximum at the top of the slant
wire. With some vertical component and horizontal cancellation I can
not see how this was a *bad* antenna for beginners on TB.
Herb, KV4FZ
On 2/15/2015 7:53 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
On 2/15/2015 3:15 PM, Herbert Schoenbohm wrote:
Many years ago when topbanders were looking for better efficiency and
something thart would radiate with limited space lots there was the "Z"
which was essentially a way of feeding a 1/2 wave sloper from a tapped
coil L/C circuit at the shack end by running the first 1/4 wave of wire
close to the ground (were it was claimed to do minimum radiation since
it was voltage rather than current fed) and then sloping it upward to a
tree or pole with the top portion doubled back horizontal to the ground
Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
This is a fallacy. Where you feed the antenna doesn't affect where
it radiates. You would get the same results if you fed it as a bent
dipole at the junction between the first 1/4 wave and the upward
sloping portion. Which is to say poor results.
Rick N6RK
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