On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 01:32:35 GMT, Gary Schafer
wrote:

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:40:46 -0500, "Doug Dotson"
wrote:

What is a 23' "Digital" antenna?????

www.digitalantenna.com

The VHF digitals got great reviews in PC a few years ago. I suspect
the SSB antennas are high quality as well.

Doug, k3qt
s/v Callista



Everybody tries to cash in on the word "digital" like it is some kind
of magic. Kind of deceptive if you ask me. Even if it is only their
name.

I see on their web site that they have discovered some new laws of
physics!
A 24 foot HF antenna that has an swr of less than 2:1 over the entire
2-30 mhz range when used with a tuner. Isn't that amazing!

Likewise with their VHF antenna they have discovered a new ground
system that lowers the radiation angle of their 6 db antenna to make
it more efficient than others. Just amazing!

I wonder if it is digitally encoded to perform those miracles.

I remember back when ICOM marketed an "automatic" tuner for long wires
when I first retired and was working part-time at the ARRL as an
Assistant Tech Editor. The ARRL lab purchased one and had it xrayed
at a local orthopods office - turns out it was a really big dummy load
that you could attach a piece of wire to. ;)

Today, I imagine it would be called a digital tuner. ;)

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
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"The wildness and adventure that are in
fishing still recommend it to me."

Henry David Thoreau
"Walden" (1854)