rope antenna & more

Greets: Was wondering if anyone has played or test or has experience with this system....Tim? http://www.ropeantenna.com/Technical%20details.htm What is interesting is the system they use for counterpoise. -- /ch

I have not had experience with this particular system but it is similar to what is on my roof. I have a vertical antenna 26 feet high and it has a radial system made of old 300 ohm TV Twin lead. There are big coils on the antenna so it does not need much of an antenna tuner. It works from 4 to 30 MHz. To be more precise, it works on the ham bands from 10 to 80 meters, it is not a broadband antenna. The point is, such an antenna is reasonable and can work just fine. I talked to Madagascar using this antenna from my home in Palo Alto, more than half way around the world. I have also used this antenna on the ground with a ground plane made of chicken wire but now it is on the roof and my transmitter is on the second floor. Ground is a fair ways away. It works either way. As I have said before, connecting to ground is not a requirement for transmitting. You will know if you have a bad ground because you will get a shock through the microphone when you transmit. If your antenna is good and balanced, you will have less of a problem. These guys say they have worked out this antenna and that it works. I see no reason to doubt them. Allen On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 3:23 PM, chris123 <ch… [at] gmail.com>wrote: > > > Greets: > > Was wondering if anyone has played or test or has experience with this > system....Tim? > > http://www.ropeantenna.com/Technical%20details.htm > > What is interesting is the system they use for counterpoise. > > -- > /ch > >