MLE_online,
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At the ham radio store getting an antenna today

vxo,
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@MLE_online ahhh HRO! Neat.

I actually worked at the one here for a couple of days. It was pretty neat.

MLE_online,
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@vxo only a couple days? What happened?

MLE_online,
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Antenna is up

trcwm,
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@MLE_online Wow, those ground plane radials are small! What kind of antenna is it?

MLE_online,
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@trcwm It's a Comet GP-3

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@MLE_online hihi, I was looking for something more technical :) 😂️

MLE_online,
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@trcwm I dunno, lol. Look it up. I'm sure there's technical data for it online

trcwm,
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@MLE_online Not much I can find online :(
I think the small radials mean a relative high impedance of the antenna at that point, so my (semi-informed) guess is that it's an off-centre fed vertical dipole of some sort.

trcwm,
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@MLE_online Nope!

Cebik (http://on5au.be/content/gp/gp5.html) says it's probably a variation of the 3/8 wavelength ground-plane.

MLE_online,
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@trcwm This says the radials are 1/12th

https://n5txl.com/comet-gp-3/

trcwm,
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@MLE_online He claims: "The Comet GP-3 is a 1/2 wave antenna on 2meters, but the radials are 1/12th wavelength." but I'm skeptical about the 1/2 wavelength claim.

MLE_online,
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@trcwm The antenna itself is labeled 1.78 meters in length

misternineham,
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@MLE_online is this how it works?

MLE_online,
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@misternineham yes! the radio waves heat the ham until it's delicious and delectable!

misternineham,
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@MLE_online what'll they think of next

MLE_online,
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@misternineham nuclear powered hams on the moon!

cta,
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@MLE_online wait we have a local HAM radio store?

MLE_online,
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@cta If you consider Anaheim local, yes

JohnS_AZ,
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@MLE_online What kind of antenna?

MLE_online,
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@JohnS_AZ comet GP3

smellsofbikes,
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@MLE_online you consistently make LA look amazing.

MLE_online,
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@smellsofbikes it's not. LA is awful and nothing I portray says otherwise

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