TopBand: Slinky

[Dan Flaig,K8RF]

w8jitom@postoffice.worldnet.att.net wrote:
> 
> > From:          "dhagert@mn.uswest.net" <mn.uswest.net@mpls1.mn.uswest.net>
> > Date:          Sat, 2 Aug 97 10:30:33 +0000
> 
> > I have been following the discussion on using the slinky for a
> > beverage antenna.  I do not profess to being an antenna expert, but I
> > always find it easier to put the antenna up and do "on the air"
> > testing  before I draw any forgone conclusions from the "experts" that
> > have never erected one.  Theory on paper is just that.
> 
> The actual measurement of a slinky antenna---necessary to guarantee
> optimum performance---- would be simple.
> 
> Wouldn't it be nice, if BEFORE someone sold something...or told
> someone else how to do something..... they would have taken a few
> hours to make a few very simple tests so the customer got the best
> product possible???
> 
> I offered to do that for free, and my offer was refused with more
> personal insults. Think about that..and re-read the posts carefully.
> If your read, you will see I never said they wouldn't work...or would
> work. I simply said it was unlikely someone could just make a
> wild guess and "land" on the optimum values.
> 
> I am guilty of trying to explain WHY the surge impedance is most
> likely nothing like a Beverage, and probably should be measured.
> And I'm guilty of suggesting it wouldn't be a bad idea to measure the
> phase delay through the antenna, so a person would have some basic
> idea of how far the thing needs to be stretched for best performance.
> 
> In hindsight, I wish I'd have never said anything. The days of people
> wanting to understand how things work or having them work as
> well as possible are probably about over.
> 
> 10-4?
> 
> Tom Rauch W8JI
> 
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If you are so worried about analyzing these antennas why don't you buy a
couple of slinkys and test them out instead of making all of us read
your unhelpfull know-it-all attitude?
I am ready to unsubscibe to the relector cause I tired of reading all
this hot air.
Results speak for themselves,I'll go along with the guy who's got 250+
DXCC topband cards over twenty guys with calulators anyday.
73
Dan K8RF

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