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Jameslarson
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Post Number: 156
Registered: 4-2006


Posted on Thursday, May 25, 2006 - 10:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Why have the manufacturers simply made a full wave antenna yet? We're almost there with the IMAX. Surely another 12 feet would be no big deal. four 9 foot sections. Or has their been a full wave antenna but not succesful>? Thanks.
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Rldrake
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Post Number: 149
Registered: 1-2006
Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 2:24 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Probably not being manufactured by anyone because they figure there aren't enough people around that would spend their money on such a poor performing antenna.
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Bruce
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Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 4:29 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

a full wave does not work well
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Jameslarson
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Post Number: 157
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Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 9:52 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Why would it perform poor? I thought that when compromising heght, that you compromise performance.
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Road_warrior
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Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 10:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Any antenna over 23-24ft in length will
start to lose gain on 27 mhz.
Your strongest antennas are the 5/8 wave and
.64 wave.
The higher you mount these antennas, the lower
the angle of radiation becomes. Which is important
for local and long distance DX conditions.
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Bruce
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Post Number: 3880
Registered: 9-2003
Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 10:43 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

this is what the pattern of a 1/2 wave antenna looks like

2dbi gain
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Bruce
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Post Number: 3880
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Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 10:45 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

here is a gain antenna about 9 db

 9db dipoles
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Bruce
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Post Number: 3880
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Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 11:12 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Looking at the antenna paterns starting with the 1/2 wave it is a clean 90 deg wide donut shaped one with no side lobes.

As gain increases the main lobe gets narrower and the side lobes increase NOW USING ONE ELM 5/8 WAVE IS THE BEST YOU CAN DO .... anything longer just increases the minor( side lobes ) and this power is SUBTRACTED from the main one the one the other stations will see.

To get gain you must use stacked elms ( or phased ) and this is done all the time at VHF ? UHF sometimes phasing 16 on top of each other for gains of up to 15 DB!

You get gain by compressing the main lobe the narrower it gets the more gain .... example to get 9 dbd you need to get it down to about 9deg if the antenna is vertical and omidirectional
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Rldrake
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Post Number: 150
Registered: 1-2006
Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 11:44 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Severe, extremely high, impedance mismatch and a very unuseful radiation pattern for starters.
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Hollowpoint445
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Registered: 6-2004
Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 12:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Because the highest gain you can get from a single element antenna is with a .64 wave.

Antennas longer than .64 wave have multiple lobes that don't concentrate the radiation in a single lobe like the .64 wave antenna does.

You compromise performance with electrically shortened antennas because the length is needed to produce gain.
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Ferd1605
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Post Number: 14
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 2:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Very good you all did explaining eveything ... but there is one fullwave antenna that works , and works better with a reflector and one or more directors .. the quad loop . Problem with a single loop is bi-directional ... Humm , come to think bout it , can someone run a single loop on a antenna desighn program and let me know the patterns ? i never really though much about loops unless i was building a quad for VHF or UHF .
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Tech237
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Post Number: 358
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Friday, June 02, 2006 - 11:49 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

If you want a fullwave lenght antenna, you need to lok at such things as loops, and longwire antennas
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Marconi
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Posted on Saturday, June 03, 2006 - 9:08 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ferd1605, the single quad loop will produce a similar bi-directional pattern similar to a 1/2 wave dipole at the same height. In fact a quad may be a full wave of wire, but when a current or voltage fed quad radiates; electrically the full wave wire collapses on itself and responds very similar to a folded dipole. So, effectively it is a 1/2 wave element and the big difference may only be the feed point impedance between the 1/2 wave dipole and the full wave quad.
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Wheelco505
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Post Number: 66
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Tuesday, June 06, 2006 - 1:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

marconi is right,and to add to what bruce said,they call it "the flating out effect" right bruce???

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