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Re: Topband: FCP model

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Subject: Re: Topband: FCP model
From: Herb Schoenbohm <herbs@vitelcom.net>
Reply-to: herbs@vitelcom.net
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:07:52 -0400
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I would think if the KISS rules apply that a good approach would be 
30-50 insulated ROG wires of 60-80 feet in length (radials on ground)  
and the grass will cover them in a few weeks, due to the VF of such 
radials a 1/4 wave is not required, that an efficient ground system can 
be obtained without the trouble of the FCP design complexity.  A Marconi 
is always a Marconi and as Tom, W8JI  instructs us, there is no magic 
bullet to save us from ground losses unless they are mitigated by 
aggressively  reducing the RF absorption in a poor ground, which is more 
than likely the case for most of us.

In the early days of this hobby I used to SWL on 160 with my HQ-129 RX 
and the best antenna I ever had was to hook up to the finger stop on my 
rotary telephone.  It worked but as soon as articles were published 
about Beverages and loops I learned that there was something much 
better.  Before that I really thought I had found something.  Nobody  
today even mentions this trick or as Mr. Albert once stated, "It's all 
relative", and so it is.


Regards,

Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ



On 7/31/2012 7:13 PM, W0UCE wrote:
> One aspect of the K2AV FCP is KISS.  However, experimenting with change of
> components and proven architecture should anyone opt to do so will produce
> unfavorable results.
>
> So... KISS and construct an FCP in the way it has been proven unless
> experimentation is the objective in which case the results will be diverse
> and directly related to variations one may choose to make.
>
> The FCP as designed with recommend components and it works and works well,
> which is the ultimate in deploying the KISS principal.
>
>

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