[TenTec] ant

[Rick - NJ0IP / DJ0IP]

Well guys, Jerry probably touched on the most important factor here.
The doggone manufacturers somehow assumed we wanted everything smaller and
smaller and so they compromised performance for size.

In Germany about 30 years ago a very good OM put forth a scheme for doing it
right.
He is an SK now.
Arno (DL9AH) suggested making a very large coil out of thick copper tubing,
about 1/4 inch thick.
It was a monster.
Ok, this is overkill, but he did it for another reason.
He then drilled holes (I'll pick a number) "3mm" in diameter into every
winding.
A typical banana plug would fit snugly into these holes.
Thus you were able to tap anywhere you wanted, just as Jerry suggested,
using clips.

These things had about as close to zero loss as you could have.

Would make a lot of sense using a circuit based on the K1JJ design. 

Measure the correct diameter of the banana plug.  My "3mm" was just an
example.

73
Rick



-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Neal Laugman
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 7:44 PM
To: tentec at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] ant

My bad - I did mean polystyrene, but I was under the impression
the Airdux coil had a denser plastic.

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