[ARC5] Antenna for small yard

[Richard Knoppow]

    Thank you. This looks like a good book and the site is a great 
resource.

On 10/21/2016 7:31 PM, Jim Wiley wrote:
> Hey Guys!  I just noticed that Maxwell's "Reflections" is available free
> as a PDF,  on line at:
> http://www.w3pga.org/Antenna%20Books/Reflections%20III.pdf
>
> -  Jim, KL7CC
>
> <http://www.w3pga.org/Antenna%20Books/Reflections%20III.pdf>
>
>
> On 10/21/2016 5:01 PM, J Mcvey via ARC5 wrote:
>> Yeah, where there's a will there's a way! Not to mention that a 24 ft
>> square has a perimeter of 96 feet and a 33.9 foot diagonal.!.
>>
>> Maybe 18ft is an optimal short length for 40 meters?  I was able to
>> load up to 23 ft of wire on 40. I was testing to find out how long was
>> too long.
>> My thinking was once you are below 1/4 wavelenth, it's not really a
>> resonant antenna anymore, or ar least not a good one.
>> The E amplitide increases per unit length, so wouldn't longer be better?
>> Next up: propagation tests?
>>
>>
>> On Friday, October 21, 2016 7:50 PM, Glen Zook via ARC5
>> <arc5 at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Run 9-feet vertically and 24-feet horizontally.  Will work very well!
>>
>>
>>
>> Glen, K9STH
>>
>> Website: http://k9sth.net
>>
>
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