Fractal Antennas - Heard of them? Let's hear from Gary - ZL3SV

[@wfwtheradioguy3414]

Another great video Roly... always good to see Gary's ingenuity in actin.

[@ZL1BQDRoly]

Glad you enjoyed it ....cheers

[@stevesweb]

I often wondered how to hide antennas on a vehicle. Remember some time ago, some car makers put the AM/FM antenna in the windshield. It was a tee configuration. I have something similar on my back window of the pickup. All metal body, so window is about the best place to hide one. Great video, thanks!

[@ZL1BQDRoly]

Be interesting to apply that in the amateur radio arena huh ,,,, cheers

[@TheNoCodeTech]

Fantastic video mate.

[@ZL1BQDRoly]

Thank you, hope it was helpful..... cheers

[@VK5KU]

Very nice and interesting video Roly and Gary. Thanks for sharing. 73 de Kevin, VK4KK

[@ZL1BQDRoly]

Thank you.... more to follow.. cheers

[@driverfilmsshortwavechannel]

An interesting idea! Thanks for sharing!

[@ZL1BQDRoly]

A technology that needs more thinking about perhaps......cheers

[@dxscotland5901]

Brilliant 👍

[@ZL1BQDRoly]

Thank you...cheers

[@javyercqdx]

Hi...thanks for video . Just wondering if it is possible a fractal antenna for 27 MHZ. Thanks

[@ZL1BQDRoly]

Yes, I will ask Gary to comment as well.

[@GavinNZ]

Brilliant! Gavin ZL3GAV

[@ZL1BQDRoly]

Thanks Gav .... Cheers

[@mully89]

Thats smart! Thanks for sharing

[@ZL1BQDRoly]

Thanks for watching! cheers

[@Joe-KN4IFI]

Great video Roly. Its always nice to see Gary. Back in the early 2000s when flip phones were a thing a popular accessory was a fractal antenna for your phone. it came on a peel off sticker that went on the body of the phone behind the battery. The idea was though mutual coupling the fractal antenna would extend the range of the phone. I tried a few of these peel off antennas. Did It work? Maybe, never really notice much of an improvement. Fractal antennas are indeed everywhere. I have a USB WiFi Dongle that is extremely small. It uses a fractal antenna and work very well. 73 Joe

[@ZL1BQDRoly]

Thank s for the inotu Joseph....cheers

[@chipco5150]

Not correct--none of those bogus stickers were fractal. --W1YW

[@plproductions8887]

I’ll have to have a look at a more detailed version of this as it would be ideal for my circonstance

[@ZL1BQDRoly]

Please let me know how you get on ..... cheers

[@plproductions8887]

@@ZL1BQDRoly need to get an analyser was thinking of a metro vna but what would you recommend?

[@plproductions8887]

What’s the updates on this a year later?

[@popefelix]

Cheers for the video. Very informative. How did you calculate the phasing between the two fractal antennas?

[@ZL1BQDRoly]

Ahhh. drop Gary an email and ask him.... you will find his details on QRZ ..... cheers

[@garyw9820]

The cable lengths are not important but they both must be the same - Cheers Gary ZL3SV

[@ZL1BQDRoly]

@@garyw9820 Thanks Gary... cheers

[@Ei2iP]

Any thoughts on the on glass antennas for VHF and UHF? No drilling and they are low profile.

[@ZL1BQDRoly]

I did make an antenna out of aluminium tape once when i had an extended stay in a hotel here. I stuck that to a window. It worked fine but it was really difficult to get good solid connections to the coax cable....... Glass antennas are also used sometimes in cars for the broadcast receive radios, I am not sure how they would go for transmit.... cheers

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

What about a blade antenna on the roof which sits flat against the roof of the car which will be used as a ground plane but operates like a vertical antenna and has causes no wind noise.

[@ZL1BQDRoly]

All interesting ideas for sure ..cheers

[@jackolsen8677]

Hello from Canada,ve7gde Great video Roly.Is there anyway of getting information from Gary on building this type of antenna? Or contacting Gary.

[@ZL1BQDRoly]

Yes, Gary's details can be found on his QRZ page. There is a link there to his website and further contact details.......cheers

[@alphamike2839]

Hello Roly, Tried to send emails about the Roly coil to your QRZ email. So far no response for months. Is there another email or contact method I should switch to? Thanks.

[@ZL1BQDRoly]

Let me check... Try again please to [e-mail] cheers