How would you like to experiment with "The Amazing Lost Ham Radio Antenna?"
In this video, UK radio amateur Peter Waters (G3OJV) explains the now obscure "FB5" HF antenna created by Gordon Bird (G4ZY).
The antenna uses ferrite beads to create a multi-band HF antenna.
This unusual design works very well and may be worth time to explore its unknown potential.
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Thanks for joining us today.
Aloha es 73 de Russ (KH6JRm).
Here are some comments from Peter (G3OJV):
his antenna was named by its designer as the FB5 Multiband Dipole. The designer G4ZY, was a prolific creator of ham radio antennas. This particular one was created around 1960 and showed a lot of promise. In fact you could purchase a ready assembled version for a number of years. But for whatever reason, it seems to have faded in popularity and almost lost in history.. Peter G3OJV, describes the antenna, and suggests how some ham radio operators could experiment with this fascinating design.
00:00 - Introduction
01:38 - The concept
01:32- About G4ZU
03:26 - The G4ZU Antennas
04:23 - The Antenna uses ferrite beads
05:28 - How the ferrite bead works
07:37 - The FB5 Diagram
09:00 - How the Antenna works
11:15 - The matching section
13:11 - Stacking the Antenna
15:58 - Summary
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