PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN PPG 5 RE: ENGINE - FRONT, NOT REAR.
> Looking for ideas to explain strange behavior of a DK3 - one of the
real
> McCoy (Don Johnson's) for a close friend(Steve).
>
> This unit is mounted on the rear of an RV to a small platform on a
welded
> 1 inch square steel stand at 27 inches above the ground.
> The steel is attached to the chassis and a 1 inch flat braid also runs
> from the antenna base to the RV frame. It can't be much higher or the
80
> meter position would be well over 12 feet.
>
> There are a number of these antennas in the neighborhood in rural
> Illinois mounted on jeeps, cars and trucks, and three of them have the
> same performance characteristics posted here, and all of them,
including,
> Steve's, perform well on their owner's vehicle. All of them perform in
> concert with the weird data supplied here when mounted on Steve's
> vehicle, which is a "Trek" RV - front engine diesel. The rear end cap
is fiberglass
>
> Below are two sets of figures which represent mean data from several
> other SD's on their respective vehicles, and the data from all of them
on
> Steve's RV. The data are inches of exposed coil above the wipers for
SWR
> less than 1.5:1
>
> Frequency others Steve's
> 28.332 0 6 3/4 "
> 24.950 1/4 " 8 "
> 21.350 5/8 " 9 7/8 "
> 18.150 7/8 " 12 1/4 "
> 14.250 1 3//8 " 7/8 "
> 7.250 4 3/8 " 3 7/8 "
> 3.950 12 3/4 " 12 "
>
> No mistakes in recording here - this is the way they read - time after
> time.
>
> The only clear conclusion is that the SD's are all OK, but the RV is
not,
> since all perform basically the same in the same spot.
>
> Any thoughts from the SD community as to things we might try?
>
> Thanks,
> (Please note that I will be on the hamfest trail for the next 5 days,
so
> our thanks for your kind remarks will not appear until Wednesday next)
> 73,
> Press Jones, N8UG, The Wireman, Inc.
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