[Heathkit] Antenna book query

[mrapps at grandrapids-mn.com]

Although not a stealth problem per se, I am using a transmatch like I
have never seen before.  I am loading up a big dipole with window line.
 My transmatch is a parallel L-C arrangement with plug in coils.  The
tuning/loading was ugly on many bands and I could not vary the feed
line length nor could I use series tuning.  I wound a second link
around the coil.  The antenna feed line attaches to the coil.  After
some adjusting of the number of turns on the link, it behaves very
nicely.

Why do I bring this up?  It might be usefull for loading up an antenna
in the attic, drain troughs, flag pole, etc.

Don't be afraid to bend the ends of your attic dipole so you can get a
couple tens of more feet.

Have fun

KoDCF / Tony

In God we trust



Quoting Ken Kaplan <krkaplan at cox.net>:

> It looks like ARRL has about 39 publications in the antenna category
> (some are Smith charts). Anyone here have a suggestion about which
> one
> to get? I can't afford them all <g>. I live in a CCR neighborhood. If
> it
> can be seen from the street, I'm in trouble. I have a 2 story home so
> I
> can do a little bit of hiding. I'd like to try to get on 80, 40, 20.
> No
> beams, quads or long dipoles will fit. I suppose I could hid a
> bedspring
> somewhere <g>. Short of moving to more reasonable neighborhood, I've
> heard that some have had a bit of success with things they have been
> able to hid in an attic. I have one of those going to waste right
> now.
> Any of the ARRL books cover this kind of challenge? I'm not looking
> for
> EME and I'm not into contests - just fun contacts wherever I can make
> them with my SB-102.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken
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