How well would Two OG slinky's work for swl? sorta like this except i may use different hangers...Slinky Jr. Shortwave Antenna With FM Scan Radio With Light | eBay
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SW Slinky Antenna
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Everybody loves a slinky !!!! Slinkys are awesome !
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The one nice feature of a slinky antenna is that it is quite variable in it's loading properties. It can be made resonant over a very wide frequency range just by stretching it some more. That's also a very terrible feature unless you can keep the spacings between coil turns where you want them! You can't let it move around in the wind or it isn't even close to what it was a second ago. That's not so bad if all you do is listen, but if it's used as a transmitting antenna... it'll -never- stay tuned for any one spot.
See where that can go?
- 'Doc
See where that can go?
- 'Doc
The Slinky was even a dumb idea for a toy. Someone just found a way to re-package junk for another reason - to sell something - and nothing more. Same is true for the 'Slinky' SWL antenna idea. Amazing that they even tried to peddle it as a TX antenna too. LOL. Waste of time and money - IMO. Two thumbs down . . .
what about for indoor receive use ?
Uh..u just never had epic.flight of stairs to play !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltwxC19s5u8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Millions of happy,satisfied children would beg to differ and call you a silly head.
You know my position on your comment
A group down in Las Vegas was using a Slinky®©¤ antenna for Field Day back in the early 1960s. During a particularly windless part of the day, it worked as well as any other dipole -- until a not-very-large bird landed in the middle of one side. The Slinkypole stretched and the SWR shot up from a pretty fair reading to something completely UNfair!
Plastic Slinkys are another matter altogether...
Plastic Slinkys are another matter altogether...
There's no point in using one indoors unless it's a garage or barn. All those coils take up more space and would be ugly. Far easier to string / hide simple straight small-gauge wire for indoor.
The Slinky was designed for portable outdoor use. Compact to stow, easy-up to deploy, gather back in to go homey.
The Slinky was designed for portable outdoor use. Compact to stow, easy-up to deploy, gather back in to go homey.
Here is my slinky indoors. after the video i decided to make it as a inverted V and it works a little better. biggest problem is i have a lot of QRM beacon crap so the slinky picks it up MORE then my vertical.
Dual mini slinky long wire shortwave antenna - YouTube
Dual mini slinky long wire shortwave antenna - YouTube