[Antennas] Wire Antenna Questions/Opinions

[Pat W]

Tim, your comment:
"From reading this thread and the
Antenna Book CD-ROM I don't see any reason that a
small,lightweight feedline couldn't be made from RG-174
as long as the power levels are low enough that voltage
and current isn't a problem."

 Voltage and current wouldn't be the problem.  Your
dipole doesn't seem to be resonant anywhere so using
Rg174 would be on high SWR conditions.  The losses are
exhorbitant with this coax at high SWR.
(I've been told that designers use 100' RG174 at 1 gHz
as a dummy load).

 So, stay with the very loss 300 ohm ladder line.

 Pat W0OPW

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