[Antennas] FYI: TAK-tenna

[DavidE Benedict]

Stephen, Hi...

Excellent antennae are a delight to me. I do hope that yours turns out to
be an excellent product, or range of products, in the Ham marketplace. If
you have a better "mousetrap"...

Please keep us abreast of things like your antenna's efficiency, useful
DBi comparisons, and good words (quotes) from reliable names in the art,
like Krusty Kurt of World Radio Magazine.

David
W7DBH





StephenTetorka at cs.com,Internet writes:
>I have developed a new kind of dipole antenna.
>It is named TAK-tenna ... derived from my call sign - WA2TAK.
>It has received Patent Pending.
>
>More importantly, it is recently tested, proven and Endorsed by Collins
>Radio 
>Association.
>
>I am making it myself and they are available for purchase.
>Price is only $48 FOB, my QTH, New Jersey.
>
>It is the result of my long career experience in High-Tech Manufacturing &
>Engineering Research &Development... ( I was with NASA for several years
>and also 
>codeveloped the specialty wire used to make the extremely demanding motor
>for 
>hard disk drives sold by Seagate Technology, IBM, Maxtor and others...)
>
>This antenna design is unique for several reasons:
>1. it is small &compact - it has a boom of only 30 inches...with 1/4 
>wavelength spiral end elements having a 30 inch diameter;
>2. it is fed directly with 50 ohm coax;
>3. it needs NO lossy impedance matching components anyplace in the
>system; 
>4. it has a wide bandwidth providing low SWR across the entire operating
>band 
>without need for retuning;
>5. it weighs 5 pounds and has sturdy construction;
>6. it is most suitable for portable operation, stealth, back-up antenna
>and 
>is rotable.
>
>It provides FB reports across the US when I use it on my OMISS net
>sessions 
>on 40 and 20.
>Just this weekend, I worked loads of DX stations during the contest on 20.
>
>It is presently being 'featured' on www.smeter.net Ham web site: 
>http://www.smeter.net/wa2tak/antennas.php 
>
>Also, some info under my call sign on QRZ.com
>
>Please contact me for additional information.
>
>73
>Steve
>WA2TAK
>email stephentetorka at cs.com