http://www.cvni.net/radio/e2k/e2k029/e2k29miniwhip.html

Steve wrote:

http://www.cvni.net/radio/e2k/e2k029/e2k29miniwhip.html

A European version of the Tiny-Tenna?

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Haw Haw Haw!
cuhulin

I own one of these little Roelof mini-whips
A nice little performer and highly portable.
As the article states, it must be mounted HIGH outside and well away from
any noise source.
It's a bit prone to noise pickup compared to my DX 1 Pro though.

I think it's a bit more sophisticated than the Tiny-Tenna

--
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
RX Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
Drake SW8 & ERGO software
Sony 7600D GE SRIII
BW XCR 30, Braun T1000, Sangean 818 & 803A.
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Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop
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Steve wrote:

http://www.cvni.net/radio/e2k/e2k029/e2k29miniwhip.html

A European version of the Tiny-Tenna?

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Hmmm. Does the designer have a website?

Steve

I'll have to go back and read Guy's post. I think I was traveling with
limited access to email when it appeared.

Here's another interesting account of a DXpedition featuring this tiny
whip:

http://wireless.org.uk/loopy.htm

He doesn't discuss the whip in much detail. I provide the link above
primarily because it's an interesting read. But get this. The author
sets up a 350 ft. circumference loop and and a 120 ft. long inverted L
at a height of 65 ft. Big antennas by most people's standards. Then,
toward the end, he remarks:

"I also took the PA0RDT mini-whip with me and on a 20ft pole it was
easily as sensitive as the big aerials, slightly less noisy than the
Marconi but not as quiet as the loop."

All I can say is, there must be some special amplifier in this thing
because there's very little there to gather signal.

Steve