following up a message from Wayne Sarosi to Martin Campbell:
 WS> In a message to Wayne Sarosi  Martin Campbell
 WS> wrote: 
 MC> I have a different approach to direction finding (found in another old
 MC> QST.) It involves shielding your ht, and
 MC> using the "Body Effect". The ht is
 WS> Hmmm. Interesting. Is the duck inside the downspout such that it 
 WS> shields the antenna except for the opening at the top? That
Would the HT necessarily have to be inside the gutter, or could one build a 
shield just around the 'duck' and have the bottom closed with a slip on end 
that has a BNC bulkhead connector through it to connect the antenna to ?  
Then what if you used one of those telescoping quarter waves with the BNC 
(instead of the 'duck') to adjust the ammount of antenna presented to the 
signal.  It would seem like this would make the unit a bit more stable, and 
sturdy, although slightly more costly to build.
And what if copperclad was used instead of alum'.  Seems like, in essence, 
we're talking about the same theory as that of a waveguide, although much 
scaled down ?
        73 2 U/Yrs,
       Bruce LeGrande
           KB6LWN
           NC2003
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