[TowerTalk] coiled antennas

[Rob Atkinson, K5UJ]

Chris,

Coiled antennas (a.k.a. slinkys, a.k.a. giant rubber ducks) were advertized 
in the ham magazines around 20 years ago.  Someone made them commercially, I 
forget whom.  I have not seen them advertized in a long time.   They seemed 
to be somewhat popular for awhile with folks looking for something that 
would resonate at long wavelengths in a limited space, i.e. indoors across 
an apt.  living room/dining room & fastened to the ceiling.  I heard once 
that it was not a good idea to use these things for any sort of high 
power--you'd want to limit yourself to no more than exciter power with one 
because of the QRO voltage peaks along the coils, arcing, setting drywall on 
fire, and the field/flux making everything nearby go haywire.   Outside I 
expect they'd droop a lot and swing around in the wind unless you ran taught 
dacron through them to hold them up.
I've just given you the extent of my slinky knowledge.

Rob Atkinson
K5UJ

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