Re: CD's as director-reflector units?

In article <%3Egi.565$ca.522@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Hal Rosser <hmrosser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Not yet, but how would you "fine tune" one as a director?
Wire antennas are easy to tweak by clipping a bit off the ends.
Lots of folk pick a material easy to work with, but CDs may not fit that
category.

Perhaps one could use a compass, and simply scribe a circle of
appropriate radius through the aluminized layer? Experimentation
would be required, as the area outside the scribed circle would
probably act as a capacitive load for the director disc inside.

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