-=> On 10-08-97  17:22, Roy Witt said to Ivy Iverson,<=-
-=>"About High Gain Antennas for 2M...,"<=-
-=> 08 Oct 97 01:21, Ivy Iverson wrote to Roy Witt:
 
 RW> Hello Ivy.
 
Hi, Roy;
 
 II> THis ine uses 5/8 elements, not 1/4 wave.  According to the
 II> article that I built it from, (73, June '95, PP 18 & 20), this
 II> is a true 6 dBD, not dBi.  I have no way to measure the gain of
 II> this antenna, but it sure does walk & talk with 4 W out of the
 II> HT and about 30 Ft. of RG-8! (Sorry for the Chickie-band slang.)
 
 RW> Hmmm. Reminds me of an article on how to measure your antenna gain,
 RW> that I saw just the other day...
 
Interesting.  If you happen to run accross it again, and can find a
way to get it to me, I would be interested seeing it.  Unfortunately,
though, the only reasonably accurate FS indicators I have here are
an S-meter on the HF rig, a bar-type S-meter in the 440 HT, and a
relative-reading meter which is one function of the CB SWR bridge that
I modded for 2M.
 
 RW>> No, don't put anything there, unless it's non-conductive..
 II> Ok, I see your point.  Lessee, there are quite a few plastics,
 II> (PVC pipe, fer instance), that should be able to support the
 II> weight.
 RW> Uh huh...
 
 RW> ... Don't look here, there aren't anymore taglines to steal.
 
Aw heck, I've had THAT one for YEARS!  Got any origionals?   ;->
 
73 DE KB9QPM
   Ivy
 
 
 
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