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Date: Wed, 26 Jan 94 10:07:29 PST
From: Ham-Ant Mailing List and Newsgroup <ham-ant@ucsd.edu>
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Subject: Ham-Ant Digest V94 #14
To: Ham-Ant
Ham-Ant Digest Wed, 26 Jan 94 Volume 94 : Issue 14
Today's Topics:
Need tough flexable ht antenna
RG-58 and Discone ant. problem at VHF
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Date: 23 Jan 1994 21:01:49 -0800
From: nntp.ucsb.edu!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!ctp.org!not-for-mail@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Need tough flexable ht antenna
To: ham-ant@ucsd.edu
millerpe@spot.Colorado.EDU (Peter Miller) writes:
>
> I am looking for a tough flexable HT antenna. The HT is going to be used
> skiing and I expect it to get bent around a bunch by clothing. I need it
> to be very flexable because I am worried about stress on the HT's bnc
> connector. Any suggestions. ( 2m antenna )
Probably one of those gain-type duckies that Diamond/Comet/etc. sell may
be flexible enough but some of them are 15" long and may be more of a
problem length-wise.
If you're just looking for a ducky for the sake of having a rubber duck
antenna and not worried about performance, look into the "stubby" ducks
some antenna manufactures sell (larson, for one). Short and not liable
to get in the way, IMHO.
--
Gary T. Lau, N6MMM // garlau@eis.calstate.edu
California Technology Project/Cal State Univ. // garlau@ctp.org
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Date: Wed, 26 Jan 94 04:36:29 GMT
From: mnemosyne.cs.du.edu!nyx10!chowes@uunet.uu.net
Subject: RG-58 and Discone ant. problem at VHF
To: ham-ant@ucsd.edu
A guy I know recently installed a Discone Antenna (R-S brand) and 50 ft of
RG 58 for his scanner. Problem: The rubber duck on the handheld unit, 20
ft lower than the outside antenna works better than the discone. Eppley
field and their aircraft and Omaha PD (UHF) are full quieting on the duck,
barely audible on the outside antenna. He swapped out the coax for
another run of '58 with the same result. He swapped out the discone for
one of the 3 vertical rod scanner antennas. I haven't heard yet how well
that worked out. Does anyone have a suggestion what the problem could
have been? How could the antenna have been so bad?
Thank's for any suggestions
Chester F. Howes, N8GHF, <chowes@nyx.cs.du.edu>
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End of Ham-Ant Digest V94 #14
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