[Scan-DC] Antenna Help

[Mike Agner]

   Actually, Jack, it sounds very much like you have too much signal coming 
into the radio.  Removing elements off the antenna will not do the job; 
without knowing which elements to remove, and how much, you will likely 
damage the periodic's freq response much more than you want to.
   Your better bet is to insert attenuation into the feed.  I'm not sure of 
any manufacturers that make something like this; surely there are some 
(perhaps those of you that do ham foxhunts can help out here).
    73s and GL...Mike


At 05:18 PM 11/15/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I have a Create Log periodic antenna 50-1300mhz.I am having a hard time with
>FM overload(VHFair) even with a FMTrap filter(Par Filter).My question is can
>i remove 4 of the longer elements from the back of the antenna to cut back
>the performance of the antenna to maybe 100mhz to 1300mhz?The other Create
>antenna only has 17 elements where mine has 21 elements.Any help would be
>appreciated.
>
>Thanx,
>Jack
>
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