[TowerTalk] RE: SteppIR 40/30

[tongaloa]

Why not a metal tube on the end of the elements.
The tape slides inside forming capacitive coupling.
Remainder is two coils one in parallel with cap and an end load.
A bit of capacity hat to limit corona and it's a short 30/40.
Could add two ele for 30/40 to the 3 or 4 ele version of
the antenna. Gain would be on order of a rotatable dipole
but directivity and F?B would be better. Would only need a
few more feet of tape.
-Bob
ah7i


Rauh, Michael J (Mike) wrote:

>N2EA wrote:
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>>The present motor housing won't hold 33' of sprocketed metal strip. They'd
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>have to retool for new molded housings.
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>That would be true if you needed to fully retract the strip into the
>housing.  If you were willing to let it stick out, you could use the
>existing housing.  The resulting antenna might cover 40, 30 and 20 meters.
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>Mike Rauh, NV7X
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