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RATTAIL ANTENNA REVIEW BY N0UQZ JIM BAUDO |
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NØUQZ REVIEW COMMENTS ARE IN RED |
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THE RATTAIL BODY IS ONLY 1 1/2
INCHES AS YOU SEE. VELCRO MOUNTS IT TO THE RADIO. IT IS SUPPLIED WITH VELCRO
AND IS READY FOR EASY ATTACHMENT TO THE RADIO. |
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THIS IS WHAT THE FACTORY SAYS. We have spent 4 years
evaluating and improving the product. A couple of
guidelines ... 2 The measurement of signal strength with and without the rattail needs to be done in open air and not in an office. The distance between the sender and receiver should be at least 5 km or more. That is because a half wave dipole sends out its radiation in a very horizontal pattern and that is where at lease 6db of the gain will come from. Measured at a short distance the gain will be 3 to 6 db. Measured at a long distance the gain will be 9 to 12 db due to the radiation pattern effect. Ian Soutar. |
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THE RATTAIL SENSOR TURNS IT'S BRIGHTEST RED, AT MAXIMUM RADIATION. The unit adds the missing dipole half to your handheld transceiver radio antenna, greatly increasing the RADIATION effectiveness of the existing antenna. |
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| THE ABOVE PHOTO I TOOK AFTER MOVING THE RATTAIL AROUND ON THE BACK SIDE OF MY HANDI TALKIE LOOKING AT IT UNTIL, WHILE TRANSMITTING IT TURNED IT'S BRIGHTEST RED. EVERY HT I TRIED THE RATTAIL ON, REPORTS WERE A INCREASE OF BOTH SIGNAL STRENGTH AND VOICE CLARITY WITH GREATER VOLUME. NØUQZ, JIM BAUDO | ||||||||||||||
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| COMMENTS FROM RON, N0UCM WITH HIS FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE RATTAIL. 11/3/02 | ||||||||||||||
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HI! I AM RON, N0UCM. I HAD READ AND HEARD ABOUT THE RATTAIL ANTENNA. I AM NOT FROM MISSOURI BUT, I HAD TO BE SHOWN. MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE RATTAIL WAS FROM THE 10th FLOOR OF A MOTEL, TALKING TO A MOBILE OVER IN OMAHA, NE. I WAS IN COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA. I COULD HEAR THE MOBILE THAT WAS PUTTING OUT 50 WATTS, HE WAS FULL SCALE. HE COULD NOT HEAR ME UNTIL I PLACED THE RATTAIL ON THE HT. REMOVE THE RATTAIL AND THE OMAHA HAM WOULD SAY WHERE DID YOU GO. I PUT THE RATTAIL BACK ON AND HE WOULD SAY RECEIVING YOU 5 TO 6 S UNITS. THIS WAS NOT A VERY SCIENTIFIC TEST BUT I WAS IMPRESSED. ON SOME OF THE DISTANT REPEATERS I COULD NOT HEAR THEM, WITH THE RATTAIL I COULD HEAR THEM, SO THE RATTAIL HELPS ON THE RECEIVE SIDE ALSO. I AM TESTING BY HOLDING THE RATTAIL ON WITH MY FINGERS. IT COMES SUPPLIED WITH VELCRO. THE RATTAIL IS RED THE BLACK YOU SEE IS ITS SHADOW. IT WORKED MUCH BETTER THAN I EXPECTED. 73 N0UCM PHOTO WITH HP CAMERA BY JIM BAUDO |
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| 12/20/2002 I WAS AT THE HAM SHACK OF CECIL DEWITT, WØRMB HE WAS INTRIGUED BY THE RATTAIL ANTENNA. HE SAID ELECTRICALLY IT MADE GOOD SENSE AND SHOULD WORK. HE HAD A RADIO SHACK 350 MILLI WATT HT. HE TRIED THE 82 REPEATER AND THE SIGNAL WAS BROKEN. HE PUT THE RATTAIL UP ON THE BACK OF THE RADIO AND HE WAS FULL QUIETING. | ||||||||||||||
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| MORE IN DEPTH TESTING WILL FOLLOW. SO FAR ALL TEST HAVE BEEN IN FAVOR OF THE RATTAIL. GIVE IT A TRY. IN THE EXTREME CASE SOME DAY IT COULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE OF MAKING THE CONTACT IN AND EMERGENCY OR NOT MAKING IT! JIM BAUDO, NØUQZ | ||||||||||||||
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| PHOTOS WITH HP CAMERA, BY JIM BAUDO, EMAIL ME WITH YOUR COMMENTS OR YOUR REVIEW TO JIMBAUDO@YAHOO.COM HAM CALL N0UQZ | ||||||||||||||
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