[Antennas] Another dipole swr Question

[K6MHE]

John,

You didn't mention which coax you are using, but let me point out that if 
you were using a 100 feet of RG-213 (an RG-8 type coax) on 80-meters an SWR 
of 10:1 would produce an additional loss of only about 1 dB due to SWR. 1 
dB can barely be detected by a receiving station (if at all). So if at the 
band edges your SWR is less than 10:1 (on 80-meters) there really isn't 
much to be concerned about. If, on the other hand, you rig is too 
temperamental to load into that high of an SWR I would suggest you consider 
getting a good antenna tuner.

73
Danny, K6MHE



At 01:08 PM 6/14/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Thanks for all the good info.  I know the swr of 1.6 is no problem, But my
>concern is the bandwidth on 75 meters. With the swr starting at 1.6 you lose
>a lot of bandwidth. I would like to use a 75 ohm coax quarter wave matching
>section  to get the swr lowest as possible from the start........ Will this
>work ??
>
>Thanks john
>
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