[South Florida DX Association] The CCD antenna

[Richard M. Gillingham]

The veracity of the article is vouched for by the law firm of Dewey, Cheatem 
and Howe, Cambridge MA..

Gil, W1RG
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Raskin" <rask1553 at bellsouth.net>
To: "Bill Marx" <bmarx at bellsouth.net>; "aSFDXA" <SFDXA at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: [South Florida DX Association] The CCD antenna


> 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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