[Elecraft] Resonant vs. Non-resonant antennas

[Drew AF2Z]

I used a RF noise bridge for trimming the five dipoles in my homemade 
cobweb antenna. It's not as handy as an antenna analyzer but does the job.

73,
Drew/AF2Z



On 10/24/2024 07:18, Gerry leary via Elecraft wrote:
> I am a blind person, and I have been actively on the air since 1963. Back then I didn’t have any equipment to measure SWR resistance, capacitance or more voltage. So I either got help from assigned person, or just played with things anyway. I appreciate what you said about antenna, because I found through the years That the best way to get a good radiating antenna is to play with it until it receives well. It wasn’t until the TW one talking SWR meter that I had any way to measure residence with numbers. Previously, I was using a device that would use the RF radiated to Activate an oscillator. As my output went up my tone in the oscillator changed. If I set it upright, the higher, the output, the higher the tone. So I could then play with my wire antenna until I seem to get maximum output. I never didn’t know what the SWR was Until 10 years ago or so. I have found that experimenting like this is a really really fun challenge. And I have also found like you, that resident antenna. Don’t necessarily make that much difference. Thank you for the clarification, some of these YouTube guys are way out there. I was a car mechanic for over 40 years, and I cringe sometimes when I watch auto repair videos.
> Gerry Leary Wb6ivf
> 
> On Oct 23, 2024, at 1:12 PM, Al Lorona <alorona at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> resonant
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