Topband: Small antenna book

[ZR]

Id like to think that many of the OT's that worked the band under the old 
power restrictions found many suitable small lot antennas.
A look thru the old QST's, CQ, Radio, HRM, etc likely will show a few.

In the 50's I used a 80M dipole fed with 72 Ohm twinlead tied together at 
the rig on 160; the Johnson Viking I loaded it and I made many contacts 
including AM mobiles.

In the 60's I used what would later be called a half sloper and in the 80's 
I worked coast to coast with 100W to a 750' Beverage just for grins and 
giggles to see if it was possible after reading a QST artcle about the 
Canadian government using an array for a ZL link on a higher frequency. It 
was reported as more reliable than conventional antennas.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Guy Olinger K2AV" <olinger at bellsouth.net>
To: "Paul Christensen" <w9ac at arrl.net>
Cc: <Topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: Small antenna book


> I'll wait to comment until I've had a chance to read the book and see
> what's really in it, what kind of built and tried in contest experience,
> etc, and how it applies.  20 bux from ARRL plus shipping.
>
> ANY contribution to the pitiful state of 160 know-how for the small-lotter
> is welcomed.  I'll support the guy with a book purchase  just because he
> was THINKING about the little guy on 160.
>
> 2012  :>)   75 years since Brown, Lewis and Epstein.   Jeeze.
>
> Like the FCP, all this should have been out there when they turned off the
> LORAN.  What were they thinking.
>
> 73, Guy.
>
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Paul Christensen <w9ac at arrl.net> wrote:
>
>>  On the surface this seems to agree with what I find. There are dozens of
>>> ways to have about the same results. I wonder what Grant has in the 
>>> book?
>>>
>>
>> I recently purchased a copy from the ARRL and it's well worth the $20
>> price. Table of Contents:
>>
>> - Short Antenna Behavior
>> - A Better Way to Define Antenna Bandwidth
>> - Why Top-loading Can Improve Short Antenna Performance
>> - Top Hat Arrangements
>> - Inverted Cone Antennas
>> - Closed Antennas
>> - Antennas with Two Driven Elements
>> - T-shaped Antennas
>> - Inverted L-shaped Antennas
>> - Antennas with Four Driven Elements
>> - Spiral Antennas
>> - Small Horizontal Antennas
>> - Quadrature Feed Arrangements
>>
>> Paul, W9AC
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom W8JI" <w8ji at w8ji.com>
>> To: <Topband at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 7:02 PM
>> Subject: Topband: Small antenna book
>>
>>
>>
>>  While looking for something entirely different, I came across this. I
>>> wonder if anyone has this book?
>>>
>>> Grant, KM5KG, is one of the most experienced broadcast engineers around.
>>>
>>> http://www.km5kg.com/160meter.**htm <http://www.km5kg.com/160meter.htm>
>>>
>>> Grant claims:
>>> "A New Book from Grant Bingeman, KM5KG
>>>
>>> 112 pages 8.5 by 11 inches
>>>
>>> This book presents 30 practical wire antenna designs that fit inside a 
>>> 40
>>> by 40 by 30 foot tall space, including the ground system.  This report 
>>> is
>>> specially written for the ham radio operator who lives on a typical 
>>> quarter
>>> acre lot and has to maintain a practical budget.
>>>
>>> E field radiation efficiencies of 75 percent are possible over a very
>>> limited ground system of 18 buried radial wires only 20 feet long."
>>>
>>> On the surface this seems to agree with what I find. There are dozens of
>>> ways to have about the same results. I wonder what Grant has in the 
>>> book?
>>>
>>> 73 Tom
>>>
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