Greetings Ed!

 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.

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

Exactly. That is one method mentioned in the hand book on what to do for a
reflector on VHF. On 80 and 40, one can use a bunch of wires laid out on
the ground for that. When I get a round to it, I'll mount my 10m DDRR on
the tin roof over the back patio...

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

 EV> Your Memory RAN! as Mine has.

We had a little Phillipino gal helping us pack and a lot of stuff went
into trunk of her car. Nancy had a lot of old 33rpm record albums, 8 track
tapes and cassettes that didn't make it to Texas either.


    Have a day!

         R\%/itt - K5RXT

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