Practical Foil Metal Antennas - John Portune - W6NBC

Hams are used to building antennas out of copper tubing, aluminum tubing and wire. However, there are other very versatile materials available; which allow for the construction of some unique antennas. John, W6NBC, will discuss this subject with a presentation titled “Practical Foil Metal Antennas”. His presentation contains, among other things, a good technical tutorial covering: • Tape width and thickness to handle power. • Skin effect issues. • Antenna efficiency. • Examples of how to design various small sized tape HF & VHF antennas. John has written many articles for QST. He also has a very interesting web site at www.w6nbc.com