[Lowfer] Makeshift lowFER receiving antenna

[Howell, Laurence (Shanghai/Singapore)]

Babybottle

Hit the button on the dang Blackberry....the reason is the very lightweight but strong construction and the bottle tops/stoppers  are easily modified to act as a water proof (sic) stopper  for the coax. Or perhaps I just don't have confidence in the pvc tube method, akin to not seeing  the color of the valve/tube anode....! The baby bottle also seems to defuse antennae inspections from the various authorities around the globe, often seen walking away with tears from hysterical laughter...

About 1.5hrs to construct on average.


Laurence
XE / KL1 X mobile

----- Original Message -----
From: Howell, Laurence (Shanghai/Singapore)
To: 'Lowfer at mailman.qth.net' <Lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sun Nov 01 13:22:27 2009
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Makeshift lowFER receiving antenna

I have at least 5 baby bottle models; the reasoning for this is that you can see what's going on inside

----- Original Message -----
From: lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net <lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
To: Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, &amp;UK) and MedFer bands <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sun Nov 01 11:59:58 2009
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Makeshift lowFER receiving antenna

Lee ,

The AMRAD antenna uses that very expensive transistor and I have never 
personally had any experience with it .

However I know a lot of us are using this antenna , designed by PA0RDT .

It is so small and simple. The mounting enclosure is about anything you can 
imagine . I believe one of us on this list has one built in a baby bottle !! 
Its ok he used to be my neighbor , and he is totally well I think totally 
sane . <grin> He uses it all over the world , so it is a good portable 
antenna too .

Here is one of the links to it : 
http://carc.org.uk//carc_ftp/G3GRO-PA0RDT-Active_Ant.pdf

Let me know what you think Lee.

Charlie , W5COV 

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