[ARC5] Antenna for small yard

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However, he's said that he cannot get the radio underneath the antenna (i.e., not close to a window I'm guessing) and running a hot antenna wire around the inside of his place may be less than ideal. I've had some hot antenna lines in the shack & odd things happened to me & nearby appliances & sometimes the radio itself. I think there's no reason he cannot have a feedline, he just has to "fool the TX into thinking" it has the appropriate antenna load at the ANT terminal.
 

 Wayne
WB4OGM

 

-----Original Message-----
From: K5MYJ <macklinbob at gmail.com>
To: ARC5 <ARC5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Fri, Oct 21, 2016 10:58 pm
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Antenna for small yard

The ARC-5 transmitters have a built in antenna tuner. It is the rotary 
inductor in the front of the transmitter.

These transmitters were designed to operate with an untuned, non-resonate 
antenna. The antenna starts directly at the antenna post on the transmitter. 
There is no feedline.

If you connect the antenna wire directly to the transmitter (like it was in 
the aircraft) you still need a good ground.

Run a wire from the transmitter chassis to a ground rod below the window you 
run the antenna out of.

The ARC-5 system used a RF Ammeter to adjust the loading coil.

Don't expect much in the way of DX. This kind of system is meant for short 
range (local) operation.

The bombers used the liaison set (ART-13, BC-375, etc) for long distance 
communication. The Command Set was intended for short range plane to plane 
to plane to tower.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
To: <ARC5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2016 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Antenna for small yard


> On 21 Oct 2016 at 20:46, George Babits wrote:
>
>> work into just about any length antenna.   Antenna theory and or 
>> "modeling"
>> just doesn't fit in this case.  String up what you can, adjust the roller
>> coil for maximum current (or field strength) and have fun.  Why make it 
>> all
>> so complicated?
>
> Exactly. I'm with you, George.
>
> Ken W7EKB
>
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