[Antennas] 248ft dipole

Sun, 21 Apr 2002 08:12:03 -0500

If it works, don't fix it.
Dave          W9LYA
What wrought doG hath?

On Sun, 21 Apr 2002 01:58:01 -0400 "n3drk" <[email protected]> writes:
> I don't know exactly what one would call this antenna but i have a 
> 248ft
> dipole which is about 20ft of the ground at the feedpoint and the 
> ends are
> 60 ft high. In addition to this, the angle of the ends is 90 degrees 
> apart.
> So you name what  i have here. It is fed with 300 ohm tv twinlead. I 
> tune it
> with a roller inductor tuner and use it on 160-10 meters.
> 
> I have heard that the feedline should and/or should not radiate. The 
> length
> of the present feedline is around 60 ft and it does radiate. So what 
> is it?
> Should or should not? How do i know the antenna is efficient? And 
> the april
> issue of Qst talked about horizontal loop antennas which got me to 
> thinking
> that maybe this is the way to go instead of this present antenna 
> system.
> 
> Your comments would be appreciated. Thanks in advance and please 
> post to the
> reflector along with personal emails.
> 
> john
> 
> 
> 
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