[Mobile-Portable] Mobile Antenna on Truck

Richard Whipkey ad6x at arrl.net
Tue Jul 5 12:38:21 EDT 2005


Anyone have a documentation on tests run between the Hustler high power vs 
low power resonators?  Has this ever been tested during one of the mobile 
antenna shootouts?

73,
Rich  AD6X



At 07:58 AM 7/5/2005, you wrote:
>KG0KP:
> > I have found the same thing.  No problems with the super resonators AND 
> they
> > have about double the bandwidth without retuning, a major improvement on 75
> > meters.
>
>Isn't the "increased" bandwidth a good indication that there are more
>losses in the antenna?  The less loss, the more likely the SWR bandwidth
>is to be very narrow on 75 meters.  I can't think of any way of winding
>a slightly larger coil with larger wire  that will be more efficient
>than one spaced slightly better.
>----
>Your Moderator: Dick Flanagan K7VC, mobile-portable-owner at mailman.qth.net




More information about the Mobile-Portable mailing list