On 06/10/11 11:51 PM, Mark Cetilia wrote: > Hi all, > Just curious if anyone might have some suggestions for a cheap (ideally < > $100) portable antenna for receiving (not transmitting) SSB + CW? > Something that can easily fit into a carryon bag, can be used indoors and set > up / broken down quickly would be great. > > It would be nice to cover as much of the LFRX's range as possible—160 to 6 > meters I guess? > The Ettus site mentions DC to 30 MHz, but the board has DC to 50 MHz > silkscreened onto it—not sure which is correct? > > The LFRX has a not-very-steep roll-off above 30MHz, so it's usable above 30MHz.
> I've got my eye on an MFJ-1622 right now, which supposedly covers 40 to 2 > meters. > Not completely optimal, but it's looking decent for the price + form factor… > > Anybody out there have experience with that antenna? > Other possible leads would be greatly appreciated as well. > > Thanks so much! > > > The MFJ-1622 is probably adequate, but not stellar. Its hard to make an antenna that is both a good match, *and* a good radiator over wide frequency radiators, *and* is physically compact. -- Principal Investigator Shirleys Bay Radio Astronomy Consortium http://www.sbrac.org _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio
