[South Florida DX Association] The CCD antenna

[Michael Raskin]

There is a great article on this antenna in the April issue of QST by Larsen 
E. Rapp, which should be out by April 1st..

73,
Mik-UM, W4UM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Marx" <bmarx at bellsouth.net>
To: "aSFDXA" <SFDXA at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 10:50 AM
Subject: [South Florida DX Association] The CCD antenna


>I saw this ad on QRZ and copied the claims below...Has any one has bought 
>it or has any experience with this type antenna? Yes I have Googled it and 
>read all the stories. Just wondering if any one on SFDXA had used one.
> Bill W2CQ
>
> http://www.ccdantennas.com/CCD/
>  a.. A wire antenna with about 4.5db gain over a half wave dipole
>  b.. An antenna that is markedly quieter on receive..generally as quiet as 
> a loop or better
>  c.. An antenna you can hide from that little old lady in the HOA yet not 
> compromise in size and performance...with antennas size does matter!
>  d.. Something you can mount up high, close to the ground, or even laying 
> ON the ground!!
>  e.. It doesn't compromise by trying to be a multi-band antenna and 
> working marginally on all bands - it works exceptionally well on the band 
> it's made for.
>  f.. Handles static discharges as needed all along the antenna in 
> lightning and sand storms.
>  g.. Can run full legal power on the band it's designed for. (note: if 
> installing it along eaves or fence lines power should be lowered to safe 
> exposure levels)
> The CCD antenna is like nothing else on the market.  And it just might be 
> that bit of magic you've been looking for.
>
> CCD means Controlled Current Distribution.  This is a full wave dipole (or 
> long wire) that has a series of capacitors mounted along the wire on 
> specially designed boards.  The idea being that the current distribution 
> along the entire antenna wire is relatively constant.
>
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