04-24-14 11:04 Roy Witt wrote to Ed Vance about Resurrected

 RW> {at}MSGID: 
 RW> Greetings Ed!
Howdy! Roy,

 RW>> The DDRR (Directional-discontinuity Ring Radiator), vertically
 RW>> polarized antenna....

 EV> The Handbook I brought up here is the 1976 Edition and I can see a
 EV> VHF Halo that looks Vertically polarized on page 330 but it doesn't
 EV> look anything like the 6 Meter Horizontally polarized Halo I used
 EV> with my Sixer.

 EV> I will go see if I have a 1967 Handbook to see what this here DDRR
 EV> is all about.  Thanks!

 RW> When I looked at the photo of the FM broadcast antenna sold my
 RW> Walmart, that reminded me of the DDRR. And basically, it is a
 RW> Halo antenna with a reflector used to make it a vertically
 RW> polarized antenna. The HF version uses the ground as its
 RW> reflector, while we used a slightly larger ring to make our
 RW> 27Mhz and VHF antennas. I even made one for UHF and it was
 RW> mounted on a CB mag base so I could take it with me anywhere in
 RW> the car.

Reading about the Wal*Mart FM Antenna made me visualize a flat sheet
of Hardware Cloth or Chicken Wire behind the Halo on that antenna.

 RW> Dunno what happened to it since the move to Texas.

Your Memory RAN! as Mine has.

... Going the speed of light is bad for your age.
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