[Antennas] Dipole SWR

[George, W5YR]

John, yes, and you can, but I seriously doubt that anyone will ever know
the difference . . .

73/72/oo, George W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas         
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John wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> I just moved my 75 meter dipole from 25 feet to 60 feet at the apex & ends
> are at about 45feet .  The problem is the SWR at the lower height was about
> 1.2 ...... But now that I raised the antenna , the lowest it goes is 1.6
> ..... is this because the dipole is starting to have it characteristic 72ohm
> impedance as I go up in height ??  If so can I use a 75ohm quarter wave long
> coax to match it to the 50 ohm ??