Hello Ivy.
01 Oct 97 03:45, Ivy Iverson wrote to Roy Witt:
 SB>> a radiator? That's what I need to figure out.  Don't want to be
 SB>> cutting up my good coax for nothing! Thanks!
 RW>>
 RW>> You'll need a 1/4 wave stub at the top and a decoupling sleeve at
 RW>> the bottom..
 II>
 II> Quarter wave stub at the top?  Are you referring to a whip?
No, whips are for Redheads dressed in black leather.  Quarter wave stubs are 
quarter wave stubs as in 1/4 wave antenna...
 II> And a decoupling sleeve like so?:
                       ||| <-bottom 1/2 wave element
                       |||
                       |||
                      -|||- connected to shield here.
                     | ||| |
                     | ||| | <- 1/4 wave metal tube over coax
                     | ||| |
                     | ||| |
                     | ||| |
                       |||
                       ||| < SO239/Type N connector recommended but
                       |||   is optional.                       |||
                       ||| <- Coax to xcvr
                       |||
 II> Correct?
No, but I corrected it.  Slide the tube up and down for best match and solder 
in place.  See part two of the Collinear Antenna in the HAM-ECHO.
Maybe by this Sunday.
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