[MRCA] WWII German NVIS Antennas

[w8au at sssnet.com]

At 08:25 AM 6/24/2008, Rob Flory wrote:
>Per the link below, the "feedline" was a single wire.  That means 
>that in fact, the "feedline" was the radiating portion of a very 
>short, top-loaded vertical.

Heinz Guderian's vehicle "flat-top" was fed at the rear corner, which 
makes it more of an
Inverted L, which would radiate over all it's surface.

A pure top loaded vertical would be fed at the electrical "center" to 
keep the top hat
balanced.  (ie: Marconi style)

This could be compared to the TBW Marine beach setup, where the LF 
antenna was a horizontal end fed at 25 ft height (or so) against a 
low mounted "counterpoise" of the same length, and end fed to the 
radio ground.  Something like a big radiating capacitor?

Just some more "monkey wrench" to toss into the gears....:-)

Perry   w8au