Re: New member, undecided but tempted!

I've compared a fully extended Miracle Whip with and without 
a shorting lead between whip and coax centre connector (i.e. 
with the Miracle Whip circuitry either out of or in circuit). 
On an FT-817, there was significant improvement in signal 
strength when the short was removed and the antenna peaked 
for the frequency in use. The improvement was substantial, 
typically 8 or 9 S-points! The same level of improvement was 
seen using the VR-500 instead of the FT-817, making make 
barely readable signals fully copiable. Having said that, a 
fully extended miracle whip is rather unwieldy on a VR-500. 
Much better would be an equivalent length of wire and the 
Miracle Ducker or similar. 

Voi 


--- In [email protected], comtron@... wrote:
>
> I've A/B compared using the Miracle Antenna and no Miracle Whip  
> antenna on HF frequencies, and gotten much improvement in signal  
> strength using the Miracle Antenna. It loads the wire (we're talking  
> 18" of wire here")...
> 
> I seldom use the Icom R1 without the Miracle Antenna attached between  
> the 18" wire. It's that good. (remember we're talking about shortwave  
> reception)
> 
> Quoting martinbradford2001 <mabmrtn@...>:
> 
> > --- In [email protected], comtron@ wrote:
> >>
> >> Mike,
> >>
> >> Yes, the VR-500 archives, ha!
> >>
> >> The Miracle Antenna is tunable by the way, and when using a short
> >> antenna can be surprisingly selective with a handheld receiver. The
> >> signal boost is very significant over using just an untuned wire. It's
> >> also nicely engineered, really a work of art inside.
> >>
> >> Chuck
> >>
> >>
> >
> > I'm amazed that you report that the Miracle Antenna gives any   
> > improvement over an equal length of plain wire! I can see no reason   
> > why it should - have you actually compared the signal strengths on   
> > an A/B test, or is this just a subjective judgement?
> >
> > Martin (G8FXC)
> >
> >
> 
> 
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