Re: [IRCA] Misek/Lankford/Ratzlaff proto test.

["Mark Durenberger" <Mark4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chuck:  My guess is this practice was developed before folks tried phasing
against a directional MW antenna with real chops.  The "hot" end of a D-KAZ
is vernacular for the end you're orienting toward the desired signals; the
"null' end is fighting stuff from the back.  Practical F/B numbers across
the band are reaching well into the 30-db area.  If you then visualize the
resultant cardioid pickup it seems an omni phased against the D-Kaz would
also tend to suppress signals from the desired direction.

That opinion and $3.75 will get you a cup of cheap Seattle coffee :-))


Cheers!

Mark Durenberger


On 2018-06-26 5:25 pm, Chuck Hutton wrote:
> Id like to point out that it is quite feasible to phase a
> vertical;against a loop. It has been done for over 40 years. One
> variant of the idea was the LSCA, and reporints are / were available
> from the clubs about it.
> 
> 
> But I didn't understand what is meant by the "hot end". Nor why
> phasing would affect what a DKAZ delivers.
> 
> 
> Chuck
> 
> 
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> Durenberger <Mark4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> 
> Mark, if you use an omni antenna to phase the D-Kaz you'll also be 
> pulling
> down signals from the "hot" end of the D-Kaz.
> 
> You might do better by phasing with a loop orthogonal to the D-Kaz; 
> this
> would help you wipe out stuff from the sides.
> 
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Mark Durenberger
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IRCA [mailto:irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark 
> Pettifor
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 8:51 AM
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Misek/Lankford/Ratzlaff proto test.
> 
> I'm open to suggestions on that. Currently I have a DKaz pointed south,
> and a small vertical wire going from ground level up to about 30 feet
> high in a tree. That is my "check" antenna because it's
> omni-directional. (It also is closer to the house and any noise sources
> within....)
> 
> On 2018-06-25 6:09 pm, Brandon Jordan wrote:
>> Hi Mark. Perhaps, what antennae will you be using?
>> 
>>> On Jun 25, 2018, at 3:52 PM, Mark Pettifor <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> So if I've never used a phaser before, would this be a good "starter"
>>> unit?
>>> 
>>> Mark Pettifor
>>> Goshen, IN
>>> 
>>> 
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