Miracle Whip salad dressing (imitation mayonnaise) must not be sold in
Canada. This won't be the first time a wonderful-sounding product name in
one country came out sounding funny in another country.
I'm a bit suspicious of no ground or counterpoise required. But it really is
time to do an antenna shootout between all these products. We could sell an
article on that to QST. Or have them do the testing.
Next thing someone will have a device to turn all our house wiring into a
GIANT, HOUSE-SIZED DX ANTENNA!
-- Bil KD6JUI
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----- Original Message -----
From: <lebloke@...>
To: <FT817@...>
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 9:54 AM
Subject: [FT817] New Antenna for the FT-817 and other QRP portables...
Press Release
June 15th, 2001
Montreal, Quebec
The Miracle Antenna Company is pleased to announce the release of The
Miracle Whip for the FT-817.
The Miracle Whip is an all-band (1.8 to 450 mhz) 50-inch whip antenna
with integrated tuner for transmitting and receiving that mounts
directly on the FT-817. It operates with a typical SWR of 2:1 or
better across this entire range, and may be operated without a ground.
The Miracle Whip exhibits remarkable DX performance for a 50-inch
whip on the FT-817 (and should do just as well on any similar rig). We
have consistently worked DX stations on SSB under good conditions in
our tests; we are confident there is no other antenna its size on the
market that will perform as well or better. In fact we believe there
is no other antenna like it on the market, period.
The Miracle Whip uses a uniquely designed C-VAT - a Continuously
Variable Autotransformer - to match the whip to the 50-ohm output of
the radio. Tune-up may be accomplished simply by peaking the one-knob
tuning dial for maximim signal strength on receive - the antenna is
then tuned for transmitting.
The July issue of QST magazine will contain an article by our chief
designer, Robert Victor VA2 ERY, on building a Miracle Whip yourself.
We have engineered an electrically similar, but mechanically
different, high-quality precision-mechanism version of this antenna
built to commercial standards to offer to our clients.
The Miracle Whip will retail for $109.95, but may be ordered for a
limited time via our website for $79.95. Groups members are invited to
visit www.miracleantenna.com to review more information on the Miracle
Whip and our other fine products.
Readers may submit questions regarding The Miracle Whip to
lebloke@....
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