Towertalk
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [TowerTalk] Wire Rope

To: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>, towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Wire Rope
From: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 20:45:33 -0700
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>


On 9/9/2020 8:19 PM, jimlux wrote:

But other than hams, who would that be? The state department uses stainless steel cable folded terminated dipoles and amps that put out 1kW from 1mW drive.

AFAIK, those antennas are intentionally lossy so they "match" the
transmitter over a broad range of frequencies, along the lines
of the infamous MAXCOM dummy load/antenna.

Rick N6RK
_______________________________________________



_______________________________________________
TowerTalk mailing list
TowerTalk@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>