Topband: W1BB antenna

[CRAIG CLARK]

Bill Orr, W6SAI talked about the W1BB antenna in one of his antenna columns
and in his Antenna Handoook on page 138. Orr was not claiming any magic
increase in performance nor did W1BB. By having a longer than needed
antenna, you used a capacitor to shorten it electrically, and Orr states "
the ground losses of a Marconi antenna can be decreased by raising the
radiation resistance of the antenna."


Craig Clark K1QX
Radioware
PO Box 209
Rindge NH 03461
603 899 6957