<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">ICOM 706 MKII G VSWR meter shows no greater than 2:1 on peak of 100 W SSB<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Happy <br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 5 Dec 2017, at 9:58 am, Matthew Cook <<a href="mailto:vk5zm@bistre.net" class="">vk5zm@bistre.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Thanks for sharing that URL....<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">He is very wise and had my attention from;<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">"<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class="">There are </span><strong style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""><em class="">no</em></strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;" class=""> viable methodologies to achieve positive gain with an HF mobile antenna"</span><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So true. I actually tested one of the first prototypes of that Stealth Telecom loop that George made, funny he came to the same conclusion.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">73<br class=""></div></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Matthew</div><div class="">VK5ZM</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On 5 December 2017 at 09:59, Glen English VK1XX <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:glenlist@pacificmedia.com.au" target="_blank" class="">glenlist@pacificmedia.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">yea, essentially, RF wise, without strap = without ground<br class="">
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which is nearly exactly like without the negative lead of a light bulb connected = no light...<br class="">
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Dont expect miracles with a base loaded 1.4m whip.<br class="">
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Expect efficiency to be around 10%<br class="">
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rather than keep writing, Andrew, there is this compendium online, worth a read :<br class="">
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<a href="http://www.k0bg.com/myths.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">http://www.k0bg.com/myths.html</a><br class="">
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it's pretty right. Alan is a good engineer with a practical understanding.<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br class="">
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On 5/12/2017 10:14 AM, Andrew Rich wrote:<br class="">
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Without strap - 5.06:1 at 10.147 MHz<br class="">
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With strap - 1.16 : 1 at 10.147 MHz<br class="">
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Now we are cooking with gas<br class="">
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