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Thanks 22 I had a great time DXing today good South Pacific action late this afternoon.
Also a contact from South America
I've heard good things about Sirio antennas. I may try it when my Wilson fails.
Today was the second day out for the fire stick and it seems to work well. I was able to...
I use my iPhone to record water gates . If you have an iPhone all you need to do is get a headphone to XLR mic cable and a 3.5 mm to XLR cable. It works perfect...
Another question why would each one of these antennas show a different power output on my meter ?
Wilson 5000 5w
Firestick 15w
102whip 9w
Could the base load design of the Wilson be believe that Lossy?
Another quick question why would each one of these antennas show a different output on...
Thanks for the reply.
The is swr for the fire stick is good.
Channel 1 1:1
Channel 40 flat.
102 w/spring
Channel 1 1.8
Channel 40 1.6
Wilson 5000 base load
Channel 1 1:2
Channel 40 1:1
I guess I need to do more field test
And less drilling holes.
How long is the wire in the 7ft Fire stick?
It's a 1/4 wave so around 108 inches?
If this is true then my 2 inch mount would make it 110? If I knew the exact length of the wire should I trim it to 106 inches?
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A full 1/4 wave whip isn't perfect but it does have better radiation efficiency over coil loaded antennas since it uses no loading coils That's a fact most everyone here knows. However there is a current loss at the feed-point being near 37 ohms instead of a perfect 52 ohms, so that's...
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