Hello all,

Thanks for the various responses,

I have a single slinky somewhere around the shack - bought for 
experimenting with helical loading. I think I might need a few more to 
get the electrical length needed for 500khz.


John


On Fri, 7 Sep 2007, [email protected] wrote:

> Hello the list,
> 
>           Has anyone considered a 'Slinky' Beverage for 500kHz? For 
> those not familiar a 'Slinky' is a toy spring approx 8cm in diameter. 
> Stretch out the 'Slinky' (or several 'Slinkys in series) and you have 
> an inductively loaded Beverage, a way of shortening the antenna 
> mechanically.
> 
>