In a message dated 3/1/2009 8:29:16 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
> It is a joke - much less effective than one of the MFJ compact loop
antennas, or the original compact loop if you can find one.
I remember that KA9FOX won Sweepstakes low power one year from Puerto
Rico using one of the originals.
Well, the efficiency surely is very low but Tom Schiller, N6BT, wrote an
article a couple of years ago about making QSOs using a 100W lightbulb for
an antenna. Bottom line? Just about anything will radiate - even a lightbulb
and even an Isotron.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
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