[Elecraft] What about Isotron antennas?

Mon Mar 22 23:35:09 2004

As someone once said "this tuner will tune up a bedspring" -- the problem is
bedsprings don't make real good antennas, whether they are tuned or not.

Tom
 WB2QDG
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-----Original Message-----
From: Don Wilhelm <[email protected]>
To: W2AGN <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>;
[email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Sunday, March 21, 2004 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] What about Isotron antennas?

Those results prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that an easy to achieve 1:1
SWR is never a good indicator of how well an antenna works.

73,
Don W3FPR

----- Original Message -----
>
> Totally unscientific tests...all you EE PHds can cringe.
>
> 1. Mounted 20M Isotron on 20' Aluminum mast. Tuned it for 1:1 SWR no
problem.
> Compared to bumper mounted Hamstik on 1981 VW Rabbit.  Hamstic was at
least 1
> S unit better every time.
>
> 2. Mounted 40M Isotron on leg of tower at 30' level. Tuned for 1:1 SWR, no
> problem. Stations that were S7 or less on my 35' high trap dipole were
> inaudible on the Isotron. I made 1 QSO with the dipole, 589 RST, switched
to
> Isotron and he could barely hear me.
>
> Conclusion: Isotron makes an excellent dummy load.
>

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