That 73 article says nothing more than when a band's open any sort of
antenna will work something. Absolutely no mention of az or el
radiation patterns. Or the all-important field comparison with a
half-wave dipole.
Baby antennas are often better than nothing, but a half-wave dipole +
tuner is hard to beat as a starter.
-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jack Rubin
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 10:42 AM
To: 'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'
Subject: [TenTec] was - "Radiates like Crazy"???? No
Excuse me for jumping in here, and really, I'm not trying to pour
gasoline
on the fire!
I'm a new Tech with an Omni D waiting for me to pass my code test; in
the
meantime I'm reading this list and a few others and soaking up a lot of
information (including the fact that various folks have had varying
experiences and often have divergent opinions).
I'm especially interested in this thread because I've yet to install a
"serious" antenna - I've been SWL'ing with a slinky - and I'm looking
for an
antenna with the magic combination of low cost, low visual/spousal
impact
and good performance. At this point, something like the folded dipole
might
make some sense for space reasons, but here's my specific question - has
anyone had experience with the Isotron line of antennas? They are at
http://www.isotronantennas.com/ - not an all-band product but definitely
"stealthy".
Thanks and 73s,
Jack
KC9HVE
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