[TowerTalk] Barker & Williamson Model AC - 1.8 - 30 Antenna

[Herbert Schoenbohm]

Back then not to much interest was given to SWR as long as you could 
load via a pi-network. This was followed by an era of baluns, un-uns, 
etc and the benefits of top loading a vertical.


Herb, KV4FZ

On 1/6/2016 8:08 PM, Larry Banks wrote:
> SWR???
>
> I had no idea what SWR was as a 15 year old in 1962...
>
> 73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ  (long-ago ex-KN1VFX)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Paul Christensen
> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2016 18:55
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Barker & Williamson Model AC - 1.8 - 30 Antenna
>
> 'In 1962, as newly minted novice KN1VFX, I purchased a Gotham V80.  
> The ad
> said it was the best thing to work the world on 80M CW, and radials 
> were not
> "required."'
>
> And as radials are added, increasing radiation resistance and improving
> system efficiency...SWR then becomes worse.  Try telling a novice that 
> his
> or her antenna is performing better with a higher SWR.  Back in 1972 as
> WN9JCG, there's no way I would have believed it.
>
> Paul, W9AC
> (Past owner of a 15m Gotham 3 el. Yagi that performed much better than 
> his
> Mosely TA-33 jr.)
>
>
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