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Do you by chance have a magnet mount antenna? The DB

The first thing I thought of when I saw the half square antenna design is bobtail curtain, which, offhand, I think would likely get you a little more gain. After playing with the half square, if you have the room, you might try one of these as well. The DB

I must have missed this back in time. I'm going to answer this with a little different twist, I am going to mention the antennas I think are the most interesting instead of best performing. That being said, two of them are the best performing in specific circumstances, so I guess that is...

You have it backwards here. The limiting factor on the Predator's power handling is the loading coil. The 102" whip on the other hand doesn't have such a limitation and is instead limited to whatever power level the whip itself can handle, which is much higher than even a Predator 30k, much...

I was asked in a PM about my thoughts on this antenna, I decided to post them here in case anyone else was interested. As Captain Kilowatt noted, this antenna has similarities to the Carolina Windom, which is essentially an off center fed dipole. While such antennas clearly are intended for...

I haven't worked with this specific antenna. As long as each leg is electrically shorter than an electrical half wavelength, it will act just like a monopole vertical antenna. The DB

14 AWG is .0641 inch diameter 15 AWG is .0571 inch diameter and 16 AWG is .0508 inch diameter. Odd number AWG is a thing, but most companies don't bother as the differences in diameters is small enough that its not worth it. Some places do sell 15 AWG wire as well, its just not nearly as...

I never through I would see anyone referring to the mho in the hobby space... The mho is the inverse of ohm, as conductance is the inverse of resistance. Mho is literally ohm spelled backwards, but is also referred to as the siemans. There are two symbols used, when referring to it as the mho...

In a way I would say that this is true, as even though there is an s-meter standard, no radio manufacturer seems to follow said standard. I would also have to say, in my experience, an actual field strength meter, even a cheap one, is more sensitive than a typical s-meter, showing changes on...

It is finicky enough to set up two identical antennas that have virtually identical characteristics (aka twin). The bigger the difference in the antennas (or perhaps the less twin like is a better way of saying it?) the more difficult it will be, and the more skewed the output will end up being...

As stated above, many on the CB side swear by the 1/2 wavelength, although based on your posts on this and other forums in the past I am sure you are aware of that and simply mistyped. What happens to the tune if you use a barrel connector and add a two or three foot jumper? Optionally you can...

Yep, thats the world we live in, unfortunately. You could also say that a lie spreads half way around the world before the truth straps on its boots. The problem with this is, people also tend to believe whatever they hear first and disregard the rest. I don't think its necessarily an...

Thank you. Yes, he is trying to help others, or at least that is how it appears to me, which is mostly why I am spending so much time trying to explain things to him. I don't think he understands how wrong some of the things he is putting out actually are, and I don't blame him. As sad as it...

I wonder what would happen if I modeled this, it looks similar to a 4nec2 model with information added... Well, it appeared to have been a 4nec2 model but its not. Under closer inspection it appears to have been drawn in some photo editing program. Anyway, I matched the colors up for ease of...

Fair enough, at least for the ground rod discussion I will agree with this, with the caveat that if there are codes in your area and you are subject to inspection, follow the codes so you don't get dinged, which was the only real point I was trying to make in the first place. Aside from that...

Grounding option 2, for use when bedrock won't let you put the ground rod in straight down. In such a case, you want to put the 8 foot ground rod in as straight as possible, and still approaches bedrock. If bedrock is at least 8 feet below where the ground rod is placed there is no need to...

You did say you are "blathering" here so... I would like to know where you got this idea, I've not heard anyone say this before. Also, for anyone subject to inspections, I highly recommend checking the National Electric Code 250.53(G) (in the states, or whatever is used where you live) and go...

Does an N connector have less loss than a PL-259? Yes. Is there enough of a difference that you will ever notice it at CB band? No. In the video six-Shooter linked above, and in other tests I've seen, even after stringing several PL-259/SO-239's together, and in the case of the video above...

That radiation pattern reminds me of some of the vector models from back in the day. Its not exact, but I recall some of my models having little to no high angle radiation, and most of said radiation was in a low angle lobe. And it wasn't every model, just some of them. The shown...

That is something that most people never notice, but yes, your power meter will read higher power levels in that situation. That is actually normal. On the CB side, many golden screwdrivers noticed that if they have a high SWR, that the power meter reads higher. This has been used by many to...