I'll get there again sooner or latter. Maybe on my way back from Lat
69.4 N Long 132.96 W

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| In article ,
| "Mungo Bulge" wrote:
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| P.S. The reason I have all this reference material, is that the
| Marconi is my "weapon of choice", you see I am a Road Warrior, one
of
| those sleazy WarDrivers who use laptops equipped with wireless
| Ethernet cards and remote antennae to acquire internet access over
| unsecured Wireless Access Points. My antenna is a quarter-wave
Marconi
| with a 30° counterpoise. I use 30° because unlike 45°, the 30°
| slopping counterpoise gives a slight upward tilt to the radiation
| pattern's maximum lob without affecting impedance that adversely.
The
| increase in effective radiated power more than cancels the loss
due to
| reflection and power transfer losses due to impedance mismatch.
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| You can Wardrive my Wifi Access Points anytime Mungo...... although
| they are a bit far away from the civilized world......58N 135W or
| therabouts....
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| Me