[TenTec] Bazooka antenna.. More than you wanted to know!

[Marinus Loewensteijn]

Gents (and Gals)

Although I mainly work 40 (and occasionally 80 / 20 ) I like my S-match (design by PA0FRI , a twist on the old link coupled ATU) with its galvanically seperation between antenna and transceiver very much. Cuts out a lot of crap.

This discussion on the bazooka antenna reminds of something I came accross in days past:  Absolutely nothing seems to gets the temperaments more going than anything else under hunters than to mention which caliber gun is "the best". Very heated discussions follow.

Not to offfend anyone but I like to remark that simulation programs, although very good, are just that: trying to mimic real life. As the hearsay goes: According to scientists the bumble bee is not supposed to be able to fly.

As my elmer used to say "Horses for causes".

If I had the real estate then I would put up my "trapped, reduced in size 40 & 20 vertical oriented loop" which sits very low to the ground and has no peaks an throughs in its elevation pattern and has no need for any groundplane. The ideal antenna for a field day imho. 

peace to ya all, 73, Marinus, ZL2ML
 


On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 13:17 -0500, GARY HUBER wrote:
> "...the stubs of the bazooka are rejecting that out of band noise."
>
> Isn't that one of the "features" of the Double Bazooka? Isn't it supposed to
> provide out of (design) band noise rejection and as a result be quieter both
> on receive AND transmit?

Except that any good receiver should already reject all the out of band
noise.
>
> At least that's what I believe I've observed over the years when using
> Double Bazookas (1 on 40M and 1 on 80M) during Field Day at a multi
> transmitter site.

There could be some benefit there, though I've had great success with
lumped element filters that survived the event better than the Bazooka
did.

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