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It was a... "I wonder if that would work" moment. LOL... It came after a lot of conversation with a friend about Firestick antennas and how their 7ft model doesn't have tunable tip and isn't quit up to handling power... not that we would ever do that on 11meter :) So while I was thinking...

Actually I bought all the supplies at firestick... 100ft of wire, a few fiberglass shafts (7 and 9ft), adjustable tips etc. The shaft I'm using on this one is 9ft and I did wind it as a top loaded design. The rig is a suburban with hard mount pucks front and rear, so the stake pockets aren't...

If I could tig weld I'd be goofing around with something like that! someday... maybe!

Dealer, Yes we're talking about a vertical. I'm trying to get the antenna to resonate on 27mhz. Just for clarification the antenna itself is constructed like a wilson or Firestick. Copper coated wire wound on a fiberglass shaft, top loaded with an adjustable tip. I wound up a new one today...

Every commercially built antenna I've had on the suburban typically gives me "x" between 6 and 11, with "r" somewhere between 45 and 55 and SWR of 1.1 to 1.3. In the process of winding up my first homebrew antenna this weekend for the mobile, and after a little too much adjustment (= cutting...

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Thanks for all the replies... this gets me thinking in some new directions.

I know there is a significant db loss when polarization between two antennas is different. When polarization is the same (in this case vertical) but the angle of radiation is different, is there any loss, more specifically in a DX situation? (1/4 wave vs 1/2 wave). Thanks...

I don't think the rear element is a reflector...

If the R.O.G was a half wave or 5/8 wave wouldn't it have more gain by design than a quarter wave setup, even if directors were added on the mobile (especially if it were just one or two)?

Great Captain-Save-a-Rat to the rescue... You realize this is another post that can't seem to add anything constructive... Why would you stick up for someone who was adding ZERO to a relatively intelligent conversation? If wanting to UNDERSTAND is a problem for you than I apologize. As...

Thanks, really appreciate the input and explanation... that all makes sense. All I wanted was just to understand the basis better.

[/FONT] Booty that's it (or part of it)... that explains how to calculte the SWR from the mismatch and answers one of my questions (VSWR is always greater than one). So... when the analyzer calculates the SWR, I'm wondering if that figure is part of the mismatch or do I need to take that...

The antenna was tested on the analyzer without the grounded antenna in place and then compared to two others; what I'm trying to determine right now is why the ohms are so different on this stick compared to the others (plus I'm just trying to understand the swr/ohm relationship overall)... I...

I get it... you were that kid who could never stop talking but never had anything worth saying.

Either answer the question or don't respond... you obviously think you know what you're talking about and apparantly enjoy typing your pointless answers... An SWR of 1:5 in my setup is NOT negligible nor acceptable; I wasn't asking for your opinion on whether or not the SWR was acceptable...

There is a difference between being worried and wanting to understand... I'm on the air a lot, probably more than the locals care for... :thumbup: How does this .16 factor into the current SWR reading? is it an add? What if the relationship had bee 58 ohms, would we be reducing the SWR by...

Doc.. I may be confusing myself here. Is the 1.16 swr a recalculation of the original SWR figure because the ohm load is lower? :headbang

This may be too simplistic... but if I understand what you have said here, that .16 differential would be on top of the current 1.2/1.3 that it is currently showing. So the true SWR adjusted for the difference in ohms whould be 1.46, or about 1.5 give or take... is that correct? Shunts...

Both my Wilson 5000 and my Aluminum Fighting Stick show very low SWR and 50 ohms on my truck... I also have a 7ft Skipshooter that shows 1.2 SWR on 20 with 1.3 on 1 and 40 but it's showing a 43 ohm load on the analyzer... This antenna has a little more forward gain (top loaded) than the...