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I hear ya Doc. Are saying that if I have a reading of zero reflected power - I can still have reactance in the load at that frequency? It’s my experience that reactance causes a faster rise in swr from the resonant freq. than does a change in resistance alone. Is this wrong? Please advise. I...

I agree 100 percent Kale. Some people have the belief that if the match is perfect, pure resistance, 0 reactance, there signal will some how be launched in some superior way from the next guy! It simply is not the case. It’s next to impossible to detect the difference from a 1.0 match to a 1.4...

I re-read your post a little closer and I want to zoom in on what you said about the Penetrator beating the LW-150 in the long run. This is yet another defect - because that design should have a higher gain than the 5/8. We know that antenna is a copy of the Avanti Sigma IV which is a ¾-7/8 wave...

I am not going to bother quoting anyone. I didn't mean to come over that intense in that previous post Scott. I apologize for that, I guess I read it a little to seriously. Sometimes I get a little too scientific. Anyway, I want to say something about the Larry Walik LW-150. I had sold some...

First, there is no standard of dB's to S-units, all radios are different. Second, there is no way anyone would get that kind of increase (15db) by switching omni's. I have personally measured differences to a max of 5 dB's on one station switching from a A-99 to a P-64. Typically one could...

Thanks. Marconi, that's fine....... I never did send you the improved coil. That will correct the problem. If you are willing to try it out I will send it. Let me know. Wolf

That’s right I was talking about the P-50 in that post. But getting back to the Point 64, I have made some significant improvements in that antenna as well. I now use solid fiberglass rods as the spacing insulators in the bottom and top coils instead of Delrin. This has greatly improved the...

I have long since improved the height sensitivity problem with the P-50. Just recently I have been working to improve the physical strength, (where the 1st section connects to the sleeve) and power handling. The new dielectric is now Teflon/epoxy and there is a one-inch diameter solid fiberglass...

I would be interested in a fair and accurate comparison of the two antennas myself. I have never had, or even seen one of Jay’s 5/8 wave antenna’s, except on the Internet. But, I think he has one of mine, I am almost positive that he bought one of my antenna’s (Point 64 omni) about 3 or 4 years...