antenna question (Linx 1/4 wave whip vs 1/4 wave stiff wire)

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- Mook Johnson
  
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17 years ago

Sun, Feb 4, 2007 4:06 PM

I'm looking at using a Linx Technologies LR (433Mz) or ES (900MHz) chipset for makeing an RF link with ~500 ft open field range. Linx sells 1/4 wave monopol whip antennas but they are a bit bulky and stout for my purposes. I need something more flexable and flensey.

Could I use something like stiff wire cut the the 1/4 wavelength and achieve similar performance as their whips?

I'm guessing the answer is yes but wanted to bounce it off of you guys.

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- Jan Panteltje
  
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17 years ago

Sun, Feb 4, 2007 4:49 PM

On a sunny day (Sun, 4 Feb 2007 10:06:30 -0600) it happened "Mook Johnson" wrote in :

Works OK here with 1/4 with a different module and mosfet output stage. To do it perfectly would require you to measure SWR somehow.

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