Certainly when it is to fat to maintain its shape!

I started yet another personal diet this past week. Being Fat is a
real problem to be taken seriously...

de W8CCW John

On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:27:27 -0400, Dave wrote:

FINALLY!!! Something good comes from being FAT. When does a FAT antenna become
OBESE??

:-)

Jimmie D wrote:

"John Ferrell" wrote in message
...

Since it appears that the benefit of the cage is bandwidth I ran a few
scenario's with EZNEC and a 40 Meter vertical that is 33 feet tall.
note that I did not correct for resonance shifting and that I am
assuming that whatever the mesh is, it will not beat a solid.

http://www.dixienc.us/28FtVert/BandwithVsDia.htm

Given that most of us agree that trying to better a 2:1 SWR is into
diminishing returns I believe this illustrates the cage's loss of
popularity.

Defiantly an appealing sight though...

de W8CCW John


On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:06:06 -0700, Joe Bloe
wrote:


Hello,
My attention has been caught by the abilities of a "Fat Conductor"
for an antenna. I understand that this has been achieved by using
what is (little known about) a Caged Di-Pole. I have seen them before
in older photographs, mostly draped over an old steamship, stem to
stern.

The Caged Di-Pole is supposed to be very well suited for weak signal
reception. I know that a Yagi can do very well in this regard, but
its the art of it that I'm interested in, and as far as I can see,
it's almost an lost aspect of HAM radio nowadays.

Does anybody remember these things?

73's
Rob

John Ferrell W8CCW


What if all the wires are not the same length. I know my friends were able
to cover all of 75/80 without retuning but this may have been because of the
losses in the steel wire they were using..


John Ferrell W8CCW