'Venus 80' and 'Venus 160' E-H antennas

摘要

When I was asked if I would review the E-H antennas for 160 and 80m from Arno Elettronica of Italy (the 'Venus 160' and 'Venus 80' models), I approached the matter with great interest, but also some trepidation. The theory behind the working of E-H antennas is controversial, to say the least, and has been the subject of some quite intense correspondence in Technical Topics' and elsewhere. The 40 and 20m versions of these antennas were reviewed in RadCom by the late Bob Henly, G3IHR. Since then, Martin Lynch & Sons have become the official UK importer, and the range of E-H antennas has been expanded to cover all the HF amateur bands. G3IHR was to review the LF versions but, sadly, passed away before the work was complete [in this article, the term 'LF' is used informally - as it frequently is by many amateurs -to mean the 160 and 80 metre bands, and not 136kHz, the only 'true' amateur LF band - Ed].