Board:   [fsxNet] HAM
Subject: Re: Toroids
From:    claw(21:1/210)
Date:    Mon Dec 23, 2024 06:56

On 19 Dec 2024, Ed Vance said the following...
 EV> When I was in the Navy, one of the antennas on a aircraft carrier was a
 EV> Discone, it was a HUGH antenna.
 EV> Several Transmitters used that antenna.
 EV> There were separate Antenna Tuners for each TX, and the best I can
 EV> recall is the output from several Antenna Tuners all went to that
 EV> antenna.
 EV>
 EV> This Discone was for HF not VHF or UHF.
 EV> It had several wires strung from the top of it at an angle to the
 EV> center and then slanted back towards its base.
 EV> Usually the Discone was mounted vertically except when Planes were
 EV> landing when it was hinged 90 degrees and operated horizontally.
 EV> I didn't think to do a search for a webpage with a photo of the antenna
 EV> to help you visualize it .
 EV> I think the Discone was 20 foot high and the center of it 3 or 4 feet in
 EV> diameter.
 EV> The top and base was about 20 inches in diameter.
 EV>
 EV> Not really a antenna a Ham would use, I am mostly writing about it
 EV> because several HF Transmitter/Antenna Tuner were all using the same
 EV> antenna for transmitting.
 EV> The Discone wasn't the only antenna used for transmitting, the Ship had
 EV> many verticle antennas that were connected to Transmitters in another
 EV> compartment aboard Ship.
 EV>
 EV> Where I lived TV Antennas were fed with Plastic 300 Ohm twinline.
 EV> When I was in San Diego California I saw TV  Antennas that used Open Wire
 EV> Twinline instead of the plastic line.my area used.
 EV> Maybe it cost less to use open wire line than what I was familiar with.
 EV>
 EV> There were a couple of Hams that used Open Wire feedline and a Antenna
 EV> Tuner to a HF Dipole, but most Amateurs I knew used coax (me too).
 EV> Ed W9ODR

Really cool story!  In the end What my Elmer taught me is if I am making Dipoles and they are resonant, I don't need a 1:1 Balun and would be better off just choking out interference instead.  I have been using my Fan Dipole now quite a bit and aside from needing to tune 2 ends of 10m just because of it's size it works just find without a balun.  I do have a bit of interference to choke out still but I will get there.

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