[TenTec] TenTec for 160M -Reply

[Michael O. Hyder]

>Just remembered another option from the April 1957 QST.  They suggested
>using a ferrite loopstick antenna buried one quarter wavelength
>underground.  As I recall, the only drawback to this is that your
>signals are 180 degrees out of phase.  It seems you could compensate
for
>this by turning your speaker around and talking into the back of your
>microphone.


. . . another thought about the phase problem. . .  You could turn your
crystals around. . .

>Mike - N4NT@bnoc.net

>
>>Actually that would be a half wave, wouldn't it, Steve.  Probably
ought
>>to extend it a bit and get five-eights wavelength.
>>Regards,  Mike           N4NT@bnoc.net
>>====================================
>>     Michael O. Hyder
>>     401 E Holston Ave
>>     Johnson City  TN  37601-4009
>>     (423) 232-6453
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