[OZAPRS] HF antenna on car - sorted

Tue Dec 5 10:29:20 AEDT 2017

yea, essentially, RF wise, without  strap = without ground

which is nearly exactly like without the negative lead of a light bulb 
connected = no light...

Dont expect miracles with a base loaded 1.4m whip.

Expect efficiency to be around 10%

rather than keep writing, Andrew, there is this compendium online, worth 
a read :

http://www.k0bg.com/myths.html

it's pretty right. Alan is a good engineer with a practical understanding.

On 5/12/2017 10:14 AM, Andrew Rich wrote:
> Without strap - 5.06:1 at 10.147 MHz
>
> With strap - 1.16 : 1 at 10.147 MHz
>
> Now we are cooking with gas
>
> Andrew
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