Mobile Antenna ?? Weather Reception

[Mudfoot]

What allows a Wilson 1000 to receive weather frequencies like a champ, but a similar antenna won't receive NOAA at all?

Is the characteristics of the antenna that receives NOAA, any better overall?

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Perhaps it has some weird resonance on the WX frequencies that allows the SWR to be very low thus increasing the efficiency on that band. Other than that it beats me.

 

[Mudfoot]

My old K40 would work well on weather channels also. My Larsen is deaf, I suppose that's a good thing.

 

[w9cll]

Its the velocity factor of he whip that allows the signal to travel on the length needed. Its easy to calculate, 22.5/frequency x 3.14125321.




I have no idea........