9 May
2007
9 May
'07
7:55 a.m.
Feed on BBQ always shows DC short, as feed uses a split sleve balun to drive a dipole antenna.
Art, KC6UQH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan P. Biddle" APBIDDLE@UNITED.NET To: "'Farrell Winder'" fwinder@fuse.net; "'AMSAT'" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 2:10 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Seeking Antenna Info
Farrell,
I have had two of them, and both read as DC shorts. I have always assumed, a very hazardous undertaking, that the actual element is a loop, or equivalent.
Alan WA4SCA
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