[HCARC] "Antennas on A Chip"

Fred cw4evr at hctc.net
Fri Apr 10 17:23:16 EDT 2015


Some years back a friend and I wrote an article for our local club newsletter for the April issue, on a "Futuristic All-band Kinetic Emitter" antenna.  This antenna in less than one cubic foot of space would work 1.8 to 30 MC.  It used a DC electric motor to quickly rotate the S shaped dipole element and "sling" the RF signal off giving it greater coverage.  In the receive mode it turned in the opposite direction thus "sucking" the signals in for better reception.  It was built by F.A.K.E. Industries (after the name of the antenna) and we advertised it for only $395 dollars as the startup special when production started.  We did receive one order with a check to get on the waiting list, the person ordering it wanted a small 160 meter antenna.  There's one born every day . One might take a close look at the B&W dipole which has a 100 watt 50 ohm resistor across the feed point.  No wonder it has a good SWR, it just does not radiate very good.


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