----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart Rohre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 10:54 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Long loop antennas
> Yes Rhombics are fun. Back in the Army MARS program days for me; I helped > out at the Fourth US Army Command MARS station at Ft. Sam Houston. They > occupied, for awhile, a hill station that had been used by the Signal Corps > pre WW2 and during. They had Rhombics aimed at Canal Zone and South, > China, Washington DC and Europe, and maybe another. A barefoot KWM2 was all > you needed to work the world, (100 watts or less). Like shooting fish in a > barrel. > > Just takes too much real estate. You can have fun with loops with omni > directional coverage more nearly than the bi directional coverage of the > Rhombic without termination. The Army > Rhombics were terminated with 600 ohm non inductive resistors as I recall. > Made them unidirectional. > -Stuart > K5KVH > > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft You must subscribe to post. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, Unsub etc): http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft page: http://www.elecraft.com
