Earlier today, I asked if anyone had had any luck with one of those.
I've tried three times over the last 6-7 years to get one to work,
most recent was yesterday. No luck - tunes ok, but hears very
little, even compared with a random wire of equivalent length.
Pete, NI9N
--- In FT817@y..., dafrozentundra@y... wrote:
Hello from an FT-817 wannabe (and soontobe)!
Don't know if the DCTL antenna has been discussed yet. It's a
small
loop made of 300 ohm twinlead. I saw it featured in CQ sometime
in '94. I built one for 40m and it worked fine. I was able to
tune
it down to 80m.
Granted, it is a single band antenna, but you can build one for
each
band you want to work. Given the material used, several antennas
would take up little space once rolled up.
I've since misplaced that issue of CQ, but stumbled upon a web site
that has all the details of construction.
Hopefully I can find the one I built and compare!
Good luck!
Mike n9xrt
