[Antennas] Another dipole swr Question

Dave Shrader [email protected]
Fri, 14 Jun 2002 18:26:00 -0400


John, have you considered a center fed doublet using 450 ohm ladder line
or 600 ohm open wire feeders AND a good tuner?

I use one for 80/75, 40 and 30 meters with excellent results.

Deacon Dave, W1MCE
Manager, Textron Antenna Range, retired

John 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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