[Antennas] OCF Long-wire with movable feed point
George, W5YR
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Sun, 21 Apr 2002 09:38:44 -0500
Problem with the pattern situation is that the antenna is probably too low
on the lower HF bands to exhibit much azimuthal pattern. Certainly the case
at clothesline height on 80 o4 40! <:}
73/72/oo, George W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas
Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13qe
Amateur Radio W5YR, in the 56th year and it just keeps getting better!
QRP-L 1373 NETXQRP 6 SOC 262 COG 8 FPQRP 404 TEN-X 11771 I-LINK 11735
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Joe Mayenschein wrote:
>
> This antenna was in a recent magazine less than I'd think two years ago, Built exactly as you describe
> with the folded dipole setup and pully system. The author IIRC didn't talk much about radiation patterns
> as much as it would match impedance's to any frequency. And he had one of the pulleys remotely motorized
> from the shack.
>
> Pretty cool idea I thought.