[ARC5] BC-221 Coupling

[Geoff]

Use RatShak coax, it leaks well.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Monticelli" <dennis.monticelli at gmail.com>
To: <jfor at quikus.com>
Cc: <ARC5 at mailman.qth.net>; <ArmyRadios at yahoogroups.com>; 
<Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 12:39 AM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] BC-221 Coupling


> HF coax usually just uses braid (no foil) and the coverage is less
> than 100% even for the good stuff.  I wouldn't be surprised if you
> could pick up enough signal simply by running a wire from the BC-221
> to the coax and wrapping it around several times.
>
> Dennis  AE6C
>
> On 11/14/12, J. Forster <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Much WW II gear used open wire antenna connections, so a BC-221 could 
>> just
>> be coupled by being placed nearby. Modern gear generally uses coax.
>>
>> I've not seen any well thought out adapters to couple a BC-221 to coax.
>> Has anybody? I'm not much of a fan of just sticking a small nearby as a
>> coupling means.
>>
>> -John
>>
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