My first collinear antenna
After nearly 24 hrs with the new spider, I can see that it's performing far worse than my coax only spider. Even tried to bend the radials direct at the edge of the washer and cut to correct length, but no improvement. Something must be wrong with the connector or something. Back with my coax only, and back to the drawing board. I'll post my coverage plot with the coax only later tonight.
EDIT:
After examining the antenna there is no short circuit and all seams ok. No idea why it did perform so bad.
After nearly 24 hrs with the new spider, I can see that it's performing far worse than my coax only spider. Even tried to bend the radials direct at the edge of the washer and cut to correct length, but no improvement. Something must be wrong with the connector or something. Back with my coax only, and back to the drawing board. I'll post my coverage plot with the coax only later tonight.
EDIT:
After examining the antenna there is no short circuit and all seams ok. No idea why it did perform so bad.
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