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Re: [TowerTalk] Barker & Williamson Model AC - 1.8 - 30 Antenna

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Barker & Williamson Model AC - 1.8 - 30 Antenna
From: <john@kk9a.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 03:47:03 -0000
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All I could find was a sketch so I'm not sure how it works. Amazingly the
antenna has great reviews:  http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/1550

John KK9A

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Subject:        Re: [TowerTalk] Barker & Williamson Model AC - 1.8 - 30
Antenna
From:   Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to:       jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date:   Mon, 4 Jan 2016 17:32:29 -0800

I just looked at this "antenna" on the Universal Radio website. It's a lousy
excuse for an antenna -- in addition to the loss in that big resistor, the
connection between those two ground rods is also a big resistor. And because
it's low, there's even more loss, and most of what little it does radiate
goes straight up.

To the original poster -- toss this piece of crap in the trash, buy a copy
of the ARRL Antenna Book, some #14 wire at the big box store, a center
insulator and end insulators from the Wireman, and make yourself a REAL
antenna.

73, Jim K9YC

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