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Sp5it, So how much quieter would it be? Worth the trouble, or not? I'm certainly for getting rid ofr noise, but what's that resistor going to do to the rest of the antenna system? That's a legitimate question, what would it do? - 'Doc

A coat hanger? That's gonna be one large coat! Can you do it? Sure, why not? When you get it done, would'ya take pictures? - 'Doc

An unun by it's self wouldn't do anything exceptional. It could improve your impedance match, but probably wouldn't, it's already being handled by the tuner anyway. All things considered, you've probablly got it as good as it's gonna get? - 'Doc

Here you go. This is about as 'cheap-n-dirty' as it gets, how can it get any simpler? It means having a way of suspending the thing, hang it in a tree or whatever, but it works. http://www.worldwidedx.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13501&stc=1&d=1403438505

All I can think of is to try changing the length of the driven element just very slightly, shouldn't take more than '+/-' and inch or so. That would be a sure way of chaning SWR. You might also take a look at what may be close to that antenna (what it's close to) that may be affecting things...

The basis of a beam is the driven element, typically a 1/2 wave long and center fed, or a 1/2 wave dipole. If you add an element, a director or reflector, then the input impedance of that dipole/driven element is lowered. The more elements added causes that input impedance to be lowered even...

Does the phrase, "in context" mean anything to you? - 'Doc

" But you said the peak envelope of an AM signal is useless which is absolutely incorrect." Please show me where I said that the peak envelope of an AM signal is useless. That isn't what I said at all. You seem to delight in misconstruing what I've said, so, you just go ahead and enjoy your...

"It's all the same, the audio is in the sidebands, not the average carrier." By golly, you're right! So what's the point of even having a carrier, let's get rid of it completely. And while we're at it, since that second side band is only a duplicate of the first one, let's get rid of that too...

Make it about 5% longer than the driven element. It doesn't have to be exact. - 'Doc

'359', I don't think I mentioned SSB at all, am only talking about AM. Don't misconstrue what I said. - 'Doc

Yes, I do know better than that and that's why I said what I did. If you know the difference between 'avg' and 'pep' it makes a huge difference. Most people don't know the difference so it amounts to bigger numbers to make it seem like 'more'. It isn't more, it's exactly the same thing. I...

You know, it'd 'cure' a lot of the power myths if people would quit worrying about the big numbers (Pep) and just keep using the same units when doing that power measuring, don't mix the two. AM mode has no need at all for Pep measuring except 'bigger number's which is very confusing. - 'Doc

I think you've come to the conclusion that there may be just a little bit of exaggeration in some output power claims. There's also some differences in how it's being measured, as in 'avg' or 'pep' type watts, not to mention inaccurate meters. If you can 'weed' through ass the possibile...

Well, I'd have to agree with you, it's damaged. If you can't replace it, can you duplicate or make one? - 'Doc