[Lowfer] Active Ants Redux

[Bill Ashlock]

Peter,

>I am familiar with the original AMRAD AA and read the full account of
>it when it was released. I didn't know about the FAQs on "dumbing it
>down," however. But your approach likely captures the essence of that
>project and when used in a restricted RF environment (w.r.t. nearby
>signals) may offer good results.

Did the original articles address the performance of these antennas from a 
intermodulation resilience standpoint and actually put numbers on this 
performance? (This is the Engineer in me creeping through, again <G>)  Seems 
like there are a zillion active antenna designs out there, including a few 
of my own, and most of them work great - with the exception of resilience to 
strong out-of-band signals - including high noise levels. It would seem that 
with the use of a couple of signal generators and a scope it would be easy 
for us perform a test that would predict the intermod performance for these 
antennas we build/design to fit our varying needs.

Bill A

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