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Skilletlicker
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Username: Skilletlicker

Post Number: 216
Registered: 5-2002


Posted on Saturday, June 04, 2005 - 1:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

what i dont understand is how thw gpk works where it is installed looks to me like it would work better on the part that raditates or the fiber glass part
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Hollowpoint445
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Post Number: 344
Registered: 6-2004
Posted on Saturday, June 04, 2005 - 2:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The fiberglass part of the A99 is the driven element of the antenna. If you installed the GPK there it would add to the driven element and do nothing beneficial. It would change the radiation pattern and possibly even change the resonant frequency of the antenna.

It's intended to add radials to the 1/2 wave end fed antenna. For resonance, radials aren't necessary, but they do accomplish a couple of things. The most practical thing they do is decouple RF from the feedline preventing it from traveling down the shield of the coax creating a strong local RF field that can cause problems for electronics. The second thing it does is help the radiation pattern of the antenna to become uniform and even lower the radiation angle of the antenna to give it better gain.

You can also decouple RF from the feedline by creating a coax choke and it'll only cost you the price of several feet of coax. Depending on the flexibility of the coax you're using you can coil it tightly around the mast you've used to mount the antenna or you can use UV protected zip ties to create a coil just below the feed point.
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Road_warrior
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Post Number: 629
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Saturday, June 04, 2005 - 5:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I have never noticed any power gain
on transmit or recieve using a GPK.
But, i have noticed the benefits that
hollowpoint445 mentions in his post.

JIM/ PA/ CEF 375
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Skilletlicker
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Post Number: 219
Registered: 5-2002


Posted on Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 8:42 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

thanks for the info
the skilletlicker
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Skilletlicker
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Post Number: 220
Registered: 5-2002


Posted on Monday, June 06, 2005 - 11:22 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

hen i would be as well offto make an coax choke
the skilletlicker
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Indiana375
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Username: Indiana375

Post Number: 43
Registered: 3-2005


Posted on Monday, June 06, 2005 - 2:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I have the GPK on my A99 and the only thing that I noticed was a lower SWR.

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