Re: Terry's New Plane Wave Antenna

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <vardin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi,

The files you mention are up to date.  The antenna will work with any 
scope.  The antenna's ground plane is grounded through the cable to 
the scope chassis.

Cheers,

        Terry


At 06:31 AM 12/20/2005, you wrote:
> Hello Terry,
>
> I got interested in your "Large Wide-Bandwidth Plane-Wave Antenna", 
> described here:
>
> http://hot-streamer.com/temp/PlaneWave.pdf
>
> and here:
>
> http://hot-streamer.com/TeslaCoils/MyPapers/planant/waveant3.html
>
> I`m going to take some measurements of my VTTC with this unit (I 
> haven`t build it yet).
> Everything seems to be in order, but - you use Tektronix TDS210, as 
> i see from the photos
> this o-scope is very small (battery-powered perhaps?) Mine o-scope 
> was made in USSR, it
> has a massive _metall_ chassis (signal ground - one signal wire is 
> tied to the chassis),
> and it`s energised by the mains.
>
> So, does all your system has the "floating" potential, or it`s 
> connected to the ground
> anywhere? See - the whole capacitance of my scope chassis is not 
> very small - can it
> influence the measurements anyway? And, maybe there`re some new 
> revisions of this
> antenna after this one:
>
> "The new one is larger, quieter, better bandwidth, tougher, easier to make..."
>
> http://hot-streamer.com/temp/PlaneWave.pdf
>
> ?
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
>  Grishka                          mailto:ghome@xxxxxxxxx