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- From: awkerr@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Alan Kerr)
- Subject: Re: Tight beams (was Re: Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.022630.508@zia.aoc.nrao.edu>
- Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro NM
- References: <1992Jul20.084219.9405@techbook.com> <3951@news.duke.edu>
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- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 02:26:30 GMT
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- In article <3951@news.duke.edu> ndd@bal1 (Ned Danieley) writes:
- >dant@techbook.com (Dan Tilque) writes:
- >:
- >: Actually, truckers use a crude form of this with their CB's. Most of
- >: them have two antennas mounted on the side mirrors -- as far apart as
- >: they can get them. This arrangment concentrates the signal forewards
- >: and backwards -- that is, along the highway. Unfortunately, the trucks
- >: are not quite wide enough to get the optimum effect. From what I
- >: remember, the ideal spacing is about a meter or two wider than the
- >: trucks.
- >:
- >: ---
- >: Dan Tilque -- dant@techbook.com
- >
- >the truckers actually get pretty good results, I think. CB is in the
- >11 meter band, so the required spacing is 2.75m, or just over 9 feet.
- >what was really funny was all the cars that used to have the twin
- >antennas mounted on their trunks!
-
- Actually, this DOES work. Not well, but it does. Since you can't get
- the antennas to the optimum separation, they should be as far back on
- the car as possible. This lets the 'ground plane' effect of the car's
- metal body magnify the forward lobe of the field.
-
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