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system: You are Craig Sutton, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "passive rebroadcast".

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assistant: Is there anyone out thhere that knows about the subject of passive
rebroadcasting? The connecting of 2 antennas back to back to rebroadcast a
signal into an area where there is none.
What i want to do is have an antenna on the mountain opposite to receive tv
signals from a nearby city and have them beamed into my place where theres no
tv signals at all. I believe it can be done by pointing one aerial to the
transmitter and connecting an amp and linking to a second aerial to it via
coax to rebroadcast the signal?
I need all the details i can get on this subject.
system: You are Ray Wade, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Craig Sutton about "passive rebroadcast".

They wrote:
CS> Is there anyone out thhere that knows about the subject of passive
CS> rebroadcasting? The connecting of 2 antennas back to back to
CS> rebroadcast a signal into an area where there is none.
CS> What i want to do is have an antenna on the mountain opposite to
CS> receive tv signals from a nearby city and have them beamed into my
CS> place where theres no tv signals at all. I believe it can be done by
CS> pointing one aerial to the
CS> transmitter and connecting an amp and linking to a second aerial to it
CS> via coax to rebroadcast the signal?
CS> I need all the details i can get on this subject.

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assistant: On (06 Jan 97) Craig Sutton wrote to All...
You might be able to "reflect" the signal in to yourself. It is common
in Mountainous areas for TV broadcasters to put large reflectors that
appear to be blank signs to reflect (and redirect) their signals.
Totally passive, meaning no power requirement at all. A smaller size
reflector could possibly be "aimed" to get what you want.
... DOS=HIGH        Hmm, I knew it was on something...
system: You are Wayne Sarosi, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Peter Skorupsky about "Echo traffic".

They wrote:
>WS> I was wondering if we could pick up on the echo traffic. Many
>WS> of you are off on the internet. Yes, it's faster. But we need
>WS> to keep some traffic going here or we'll lose the echo.
>WS> Sysops will drop the echo if the traffic falls too low like
>WS> it is now.
PS> Please keep this echo online. It's much needed and an asset to
PS> the bbs here, and new hams in particular that call.  Don't let
PS> it die, this is a special place.
PS> Thanks.
PS> 73 de NT2I

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assistant: In a message to Wayne Sarosi <09 Jan 97 10:33> Peter Skorupsky wrote:
I'm sure it will survive, low volume but it will survive. TNX
-WS
system: You are Mike Ward, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Tom Walker about "Icom IC02at audio output".

They wrote:
TW>   I suspect the Audio Output transistor or chip has died since
TW> there is audio but at a very low level.  I personaly woud
TW> concider a IC-02at as a poor radio for Packet. Because of
TW> it's massive minaturization it does not have very good
TW> "Continous Operation capabilities" and a session of heavy
TW> packet traffic could overload it.

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assistant: In a msg on <Jan 01 07:21>, TOM WALKER of 1:202/1919 writes:
The bad transistor/chip seems to be the popular opinion.
Actually, I have two IC-02at's, and use both of them for packet. Even the one
with the bad audio does a nice job as long as I keep the volume turned up all
the way. I live in a high-volume RF area, and they work pretty well among the
cluttered airwaves. One of the radios has been in this service for about four
years too. I guess they are just built better than the average equipment.
system: You are Paul Knupke Jr., a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Ray Brown Kb0Stn about "TAILGATE SWAP FEST".

They wrote:
RBK> I'll not be able to catch this one, but when is the one in the

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assistant: Quoting Ray Brown Kb0stn to Bob Nocero:
Ray,
Which means you'll be here again for the USF fest in Tampa right?  Talk
about suprising when I ran into you at USF.
I doubt I'll make it for the UCF Swap, but will be at the big Orlando
fest.
73 Paul
... "What?!? This isn't the Files section?!?"
___ Blue Wave/386 v2.30
system: You are Clay Hartsoe, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Fred Mckenzie about "Echo Traffic".

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assistant: Fred,
     I know what you mean about the loss of Boards. The sysop of
this Board just informed me he is considering shutting down at the
end of the month. Without decent Boards, Fido's doomed.---Clay
system: You are Ray Brown Kb0Stn, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Paul Knupke Jr. about "re: TAILGATE SWAP FEST".

They wrote:
>  RBK> I'll not be able to catch this one, but when is the
>
> Which means you'll be here again for the USF fest in Tampa right?
> Talk about suprising when I ran into you at USF.
> I doubt I'll make it for the UCF Swap, but will be at the
> big Orlando fest.

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assistant: I should be, yes. Depends on the timing and all, but I'd sure like to make
it there, yes. I did manage to look at the one in Orlando as well, did I tell
you that? :-) Then, after checking USF out, I went back to my in-law's house,
slept for a couple of hours, then drove back home (and that took 30 hours, hi
hi). That was 1400 miles in two days.
  Serendippity. :-) Anyways, yes, it is nice to put a face and voice to a
name, eh?
  Oh, run down to Miami here in 3 weeks and blow ALL your budget! :-)
(refering to the BIG hamfest they have coming up at the end of the month)
  Anyways, when you find out when the UCF date is, please let me know, if
we're lucky, we'll time it right and we'll talk TECH stuff ! :-) (trying to
drag this back onto topic!)
                                                _Ray_
system: You are Ray Brown Kb0Stn, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Doug Espy about "re: 6m nut...".

They wrote:
> Have you heard the Ten Tec 6m transverter yet? I did tonight
> and that 5
> watts sounded great from 30 miles from here. I understand
> they are quite
> inexpensive and works with a 2m transeiver. KF4CFC I beleive
> was his call
> and he has one of those MFJ ssb kits as well. I hope these
> kits will bring
> more folks on the band.

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assistant: Ah-ha! (smile) I've been trying to get some sort of a "report" from anyone
that's seen / used the Ten-tec 1209 2m <> 6m transverter.
  I think I'll go ahead and get one (the kit). I haven't built a kit in
_years_. :-)
                                                        _Ray_
system: You are Terry Bendell, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Tom Walker about "6M NUT...".

They wrote:
>   I think that is Ten Tec's gamble. With the band improving with the
> sunspot ccle they are trying to cash in on the rising usage. The
> only
> thing I heard about the Ten Tec unit was that there were quite a few
> "Birdies" present and it could make some frequencies unusable. But
> the
> price sure is right. Now if I just had a All Mode 2 meter rig.  :-)

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assistant: why not build a 10 meter <> 6 transverter and use your HF rig, it has
ten meters don't it? or if you like leave a message in the Ham Sale
echo, I'm sure theres LOTS of used 2510's forsale there, likely
you could trade them for a Hand-Held or Similar FM device. That way
you get on the Six Meter Repeaters as well.
Terry
system: You are Wayne Sarosi, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Ke4Ooo about "Halo Ants.".

They wrote:
ke> Re: Halo Ants.
>> I found some plans in an old ARRL Antenna book. I'll
>> copy them and notify you when they are done. From the
>> design you can build them for any band. I'm currently
>> working 60+ hrs/wk so give me a bit.
>> -WS
ke> Wayne,
ke> Sounds good to me, thanks!

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assistant: In a message to Wayne Sarosi <10 Jan 97 18:48> ke4ooo wrote:
First, let me ask you this: Have you heard of another name given
to a halo antenna? Maybe a DDRR? (Directional Discontinuity Ring
Radiator). These are the plans I have here.
-WS
system: You are Brian K. Watson, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Anyone going to Miami".

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assistant: Anyone on here going to the Miami Hamfest in Feb?  I would like to get
together for an eyeball QSO.  I'll be using 144.750 simplex for
talkaround.  See yall there.  73 de KE4QEY.
system: You are Tom Rutherford, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Tom Walker about "passive rebroadcast".

They wrote:
-=> Quoting TOM WALKER to CRAIG SUTTON <=-
-> What i want to do is have an antenna on the mountain opposite to
-> receive tv signals from a nearby city and have them beamed into my
-> place where theres no tv signals at all. I believe it can be done by
-> pointing one aerial to the transmitter and connecting an amp and
-> linking to a second aerial to it via coax to rebroadcast the signal?
TW> In the subject line you say PASSIVE but in the Text you talk about
TW> Amplificationj. Passive is OK and all yuo need to do is Connect the
TW> Antennas back to back and do it. But if Amplification is involved
TW> first you would need the use sometype of frequency conversion to
TW> prevent feedback between antennas. That would make it a Translator. And
TW> that requires a FCC Permit.
-=> Tom Rutherford -- Team OS/2 <=-

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assistant: He's in New Zealand, so it wouldn't be the FCC...unless that's what they
call their communications regulatory agency, too.
... No, I don't have any taglines to give you.  Go Away.
system: You are Rob Dennis, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Chris Boone about "6m....".

They wrote:
CB> *** Quoting Rob Dennis to Larry Kunz dated 01-04-97 ***
RD>> Can't you de-couple it by making a small `service/drip' loop where the
RD>> co-ax goess in? Surely a small coil of one or two turns of co-ax near
CB> I would decouple with either several turns of coax before the feedpoint
CB> use snap on ferrite cores to decouple (they work great when taped in
CB> place!)

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assistant: the
OR
 I thought that was what I did.(?)
 I call it a drip or service loop and it's a small coil of the co-ax about 2
inches below the connector to the antenna acting as an open air-core choke.
 Same thing or not?
system: You are Rob Dennis, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Larry Kunz about "6m....".

They wrote:
RD>> The reason I have to stay away from it is the length of the thing
RD>> (over 20ft)
LK> The Diamond is 22'!
RD>> Can't you de-couple it by making a small `service/drip' loop where the
RD>> co-ax goes in? Surely a small coil of one or two turns of co-ax near
LK> I plan to do that and add a couple of clamp on ferrite chokes for
LK> good measure.
LK> I feed this thing with about 80' of 1/2 heliax to a 10' pig tail of
LK> RG-9.

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assistant: That cans that one then too.
he
 It should solve the RFI problem Larry.
 On 6m I use RG-8X for the SSB beam and the FM Ringo,with RG213-U for the 2m
FM/SSB beams.
 On 440 FM/SSB I use a co-ax similiar to 9913 Belden called `FLEXI-4XL' which
is a helical-wound solid plastic dielectric on a stranded center conductor
covered with tinfoil and a UV protected plastic jacket.
 4XL is flexible down to -30 Celsius,whereas 9913 cracks below -20 when bent
past a 45 degree angle.
system: You are Rob Dennis, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Doug Espy about "6m nut...".

They wrote:
DE> Have you heard the Ten Tec 6m transverter yet? I did tonight and that 5
DE> watts sounded great from 30 miles from here. I understand they are quite
DE> inexpensive and works with a 2m transeiver. KF4CFC I beleive was his
DE> and he has one of those MFJ ssb kits as well. I hope these kits will
DE> more folks on the band.

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assistant: all
bring
 Have not heard either the TenTec or the MFJ but plenty of the IC-706 and the
TS-60S on SSB.
 Not too many locals with 6 ssb here,and the only local IC706's I have heard
are all being used on HF,2m or GASP!! 11m ssb!
 What a waste of $1890 CDN for a fancy 11m rig..
system: You are Wayne Sarosi, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Clay Hartsoe about "Netmail".

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assistant: Clay,
Did the netmail make it to you?
The weekend looks dismal WX wise. However it looks bright for
two days off to sleep and look for your tunable cap.
No antennas this weekend. Just sleep, sleep and the cap. ;-)
-WS
system: You are Doug Espy, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Ray Brown Kb0Stn about "re: 6m nut...".

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assistant: I think you'll like the ten tec kit from what I hear the receiver is decent
and the transmitter is somewhere around 8 to 10 watts. Once built and you
feel you need more power use a PA out of a Micor or something, just use the
pre driver to feed the PA. Otherwise both will cook.
___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30
system: You are Doug Espy, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Atari/PKT".

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assistant: My brother has an old Atari 130 I think in which I coud get my hands on to
run packett to keep this machine free for other stuff. I need software and
packett interface info from individual(s) who is familiar with Atari's for
the sai purpose. KE4GQE
___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30
system: You are Paul Williams, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Fred Mckenzie about "Btl-304 To 6Mtrs".

They wrote:
PW>  Does it have a listed reciever cert. number?  RL14A is 29-35, B is
PW> 35-44, and C is 44-50.
RK>   No, it doesn't, but I'm quite certain it'd be a "C", since it was
RK> spec'd for 47.42 use.
FM>   Paul & Ray-
FM>      Ten or fifteen years ago, I spent several hundred hours attempting
FM> they are 10 Microfarads.
FM>      73, Fred, K4DII
-=> Yours sincerely, Paul Williams KB5IVG <=-

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assistant: Hi Fred Mckenzie, hope you are having a nice day
8<really big snip>8
 Thank's for the info.  I'll have to dump it to text and append it the
manual.
... "You people have a lot of weaponry here."--Leo Ouimette
system: You are Tom Hammond, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Bill Ewald about "QUESTION ABOUT HARDLINE".

They wrote:
TH> I've been using 1/2" (never heard of 9/16", you SURE of that dia. ?)
TH> TV coax for about 15 years now with NO noticeable degradation in
TH> performance from 3.5 thru 144MHz.  Cost is about $2.50/connector.
BE>What I have must be 1/2". My ruler said 1/2", but I had to use a microme
>and probably misread the vernier scale. (I wonder if hams have the same
>procedure as the Army Engineers: Measure with a micrometer, mark with a
>grease pencil, cut with an axe.)
TH> I try to find the type of TV hardline that has a durable polyethlene
TH> outer cover, but the bare aluminum seems to work well (although it
TH> will corrode more easily if left on the ground).
TH> I made my fittings out of 1/2" brass-to-copper unions, available at
TH> most hdw stores.  If you cut the union in the middle with a hacksaw,
TH> you can made two adapters from one union...
BE>I saved the rest of your message and will apply your method. Thanks for
>taking the time to describe it here.
TH> Right now,I have several THOUSAND feet of 3/4" TV hardline which I'm
TH> trying to fiure out how to put PL-259's on.  This is a bit more
TH> difficult to accomplish...
BE>I posted a separate message to you about 3/4" which I found on the
>internet.

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assistant: Probably so... I know I do!!!
Got it... and I _do_ appreciate it!  Obviously, I'm gonna have to
refine my technique though... still cannot get that stuff to thread
to my satisfaction.
73 - Tom Hammond   N0SS  n0ss@socketis.net
system: You are Tom Hammond, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Ray Brown Kb0Stn about "JOPLIN".

They wrote:
RBK> I'm down in Joplin.

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assistant: Please give my 73/88 to Letha (W0OUD) and tell her I'll be
on MON sometime soon.
73 - Tom Hammond   N0SS   Jeff City
system: You are Nasser Al-Thekair, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Beginner".

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assistant: Hi to all of you where ever you are,
 I'm new in this conference and in the hobby as a whole.So I'm trying
to find my way in,but as I go I find some abbreviations which I don't
know so I was wondering if someone would give me five minutes of his time
and explain the following to me:
SSB
CTCSS
DCS
DTMF
DXing
I'm interested in the hobby as a whole and in monitoring digital
AirCraft communications in particular.
Also if you have suggestions for me on how to improve myself in the
field or some magazines which could help,currently I read:
Popular Communications
Practical Wireless
and some times Electronics Now.
Thanks in advance for your response.
  Best Regards.
system: You are Larry Roll, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Wayne Sarosi about "Re: Halo Ants.".

They wrote:
-=> Quoting Wayne Sarosi to Ke4Ooo <=-
WS> First, let me ask you this: Have you heard of another name given
WS> to a halo antenna? Maybe a DDRR? (Directional Discontinuity Ring
WS> Radiator). These are the plans I have here.

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assistant: Wayne:
 I always thought "halo" antennas and DDRR's were two different
 things.  A "halo" is usually a horizontally-polarized loop; and
 a DDRR is a "vertical" antenna with it's radiator arranged along
 a horizontal plane.  I have an old 2-meter halo that I purchased
 at a hamfest ages ago; works FB on 2-meter CW if there's some
 propogation.
 BTW...ever seen an antenna which looks like three delta-loops on
 the same horizontal plane?  It kind of resembles a 3-bladed
 propeller with very wide blades, only made of wire and not solid,
 of course!
 73 de Larry, WR2F
... Talk is cheap...real hams beep!
system: You are Nppa-L@Cmuvm.Csv.Cmich.Edu, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Mike Dunn about "RE: BIRTH OF A NEWSPAP".

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assistant: [141.209.1.16]) by altmail.holonet.net with SMTP
CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 4995; Tue, 14 Jan 1997
09:41:12 -0500
with
32DBC5A4@dinfos.osd.mil>;
The Washington Times is the most recent addition (1987? 88?) I can think
of that's still around.
 -- Mark T.
system: You are Ray Brown Kb0Stn, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Doug Espy about "re: Atari/PKT".

They wrote:
> My brother has an old Atari 130 I think in which I coud get
> my hands on to
> run packett to keep this machine free for other stuff. I
> need software and
> packett interface info from individual(s) who is familiar
> with Atari's for
> the sai purpose. KE4GQE

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assistant: As much as I love the old Atari's, I don't think there's too much for them
nowadays. The old Commodore's had a packet adapter, if I recall correctly,
the thing would do 1200 baud, all you needed was a radio. With the Atari, the
first thing you need is one of the interface boxes, either an 850, or a P:R:,
or a MIO, to get a serial port out of the thing. And, unless you do a lot of
work, the top serial speed is 9600. :-(
  Do you get the ATARI echo? If you don't, reply back and I'll cross-post
your message into the ATARI echo and forward back a reply.
                                                        _Ray_
system: You are Stan Black, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "monitor".

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assistant: Hello! I have a NEC svga monitor that has a problem. All the info is
compressed into a line across the middle of the screen. Looks like it went
into test mode like some tv's used to have. Any idea if this is fixable?
What's wrong?  Thanks for any help !!  73 de Stan kc5bfa
system: You are Ralph Mowery, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Ham Tech message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Wayne Sarosi about "Halo Ants.".

They wrote:
WS>First, let me ask you this: Have you heard of another name given
WS>to a halo antenna? Maybe a DDRR? (Directional Discontinuity Ring
WS>Radiator). These are the plans I have here.

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assistant: The halo and DDRR are two differant antennas.  While they both look like
dipoles that are bent in a circle, the halo is mounted in the clear
as far as possiable above anything like the ground or ground plane and
the DDRR is mounted very close to a ground plane.  The halo normally
radiates a horizontal signal and the DDRR radiates a vertical signal.
The halo is roughly a 1/2 wave diploe bent in a  circle  and fed in the
middle.  There have been some 6 meter halos that make about 2 loops on
each side of the feed so they will work on a car.  The DDRR is similar
to a 1/4 wave dipole fed from one end.   Almost as if someone took a 1/4
wave dipole and bent it over close to the ground plane and bent it in a
circle.
Both antennas have a narrow bandwidth and require careful tuning to get
the swr down.