Re: What antenna should I build?
Posted by
Mark Bayern-2 on
Jun 12, 2006; 11:03pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/What-antenna-should-I-build-tp390855p390863.html
Jim,
That OCF sounds interesting, and I'm also in a restricted
neighborhood, but what is a '1/2 wavelength of coax' for an antenna
that covers 80 thru 10 meters?
Mark AD5SS
On 6/12/06, James T. Jim Rogers, W4ATK <
[hidden email]> wrote:
> Gee,
> I live in a restricted neighborhood and I could not be happier with my 40M
> off center fed dipole I have stapled to the "ridgepole" in my garden home. I
> mounted a 4:1 balun at the feed point and fed it with 1/2 wavelength of
> coax. It works 80 thru 10 meters and is easily tuned with my KAT100 to 1:1
> on 40 thru 10 and 1.2:1 on 80M.
> Moving from band to band changes the radiation pattern and on 20M, it has a
> pipeline into Europe and the Middle East. Made some nice contacts on the K2
> alone, I very seldom QRO up to the big gun, the KPA100.
>
> 73s Jim, W4ATK
>
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