Re: Re: New member, VR-500 arrives!

Yes I advise against attaching a telescopic antenna to the Miracle  
Ducker, it is very unwieldy as you say and puts way too much stress on  
the connectors. I had to have my Miracle Ducker repaired after using a  
whip with it. Much lighter-weight antennas can be devised using  
flexible but stiff wire such as is found on toy remote controls, and  
the huge gain the Miracle Ducker provides allows short lengths of wire  
to be very usable.

My new VR-500 has arrived, and is HOT on HF using my Miracle Ducker  
with 18" of stiff wire. I'm very pleased with this radio's  
performance. Stay tuned for more comments.

Chuck


Quoting voip10 <[email protected]>:

> 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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