[Mobile-Portable] Outbacker?

[Dick Flanagan]

I had one.  They were a good example of "just because it resonates 
doesn't mean it radiates."

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Dick Flanagan K7VC
dick at k7vc.com

On 1/23/2014 7:37 PM, N1KHB at aol.com wrote:
> What ever happened to those Australian antennas with the manually movable
> tap? Outbacker I think. Was it any good? They made quite a splash when they
> first came out even though they were inconvenient. I found a web site, but
> little in the way of U.S. dealers.
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> Sonny N1KHB
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> In a message dated 1/23/2014 8:41:12 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> ka4inm at gmail.com writes:
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> On  01/23/14 13:29, David wrote:
>> FROM THE WEB
>>
>> MØUKD - Slim  Jim Antenna Calculator Dimensions **
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>>   www.m0ukd.com/Calculators/Slim_Jim/index.php - Proxy -  Highlight
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>> A calculator for constructing a J-pole or Slim Jim  antenna ... This page
>> shows you how to make a simple but effective  'Slim Jim' antenna.
>>
>> David B.
>>   W7DBH
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>> ** Now that's a new one on me. Is "Slim Jim" a  generic slang term for the
>> ** appearance of the antenna or a  manufacture name?
> It was or is a brand name or a trade  mark of some kind for a HAM
> stick with a 6 to 8 inch long (black heat  shrunk) coil and ~3 foot whip
> with the 3/8"-32, less efficient, but fully  usable alternative to the 7
> foot long HAM sticks, but the "Slim Jim" would  remain on the vehicle at
> speed on one 5" magnet, available only in 10, 6  and 2 meters as far as I
> know.   (all very nice quality! and  reasonable)
> The 2 meter was a 4-5" coil and a 5/8 wl whip, I have the 10  and 6 and I
> use the 10 meters to copy cw on 40 meters all of the time, I  do not have
> the 2 meter version, but I use a 2 meter+440 on an NMO  mount.