[Antennas] Simple Dipole Question

Thu, 24 Oct 2002 14:35:02 -0700

Well, I certainly agree with Mark .. why are you using the balun, coax,
ladder line, etc. ???  Actually, just run some coax to that aerial .. heck,
you really even don't need a balun... Then, NO TUNER needed... and no losses
and worries about all those added groceries!  73 --- Mark  6dx
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Subject: Re: [Antennas] Simple Dipole Question

Sounds to me like you'd have about a 6-1 swr between the
dipole and the ladder line, and a 9-1 swr between the
ladder line and the coax.

 Maybe you'd better buy 120 feet of RG-8X
 and drop the balun, or move it to the feedpoint.

73,  Mark  WB8JKR

On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 14:24:43 -0500 "Kelley Shaddrick"
<[email protected]> writes:
> Today, with nothing better to do, I stuck up a dipole cut for 20m
> (14.2 MHz)
> using 468/frequency. It's strung between two trees at about 50 feet
> in the
> air. I fed it with ladder line (450 ohm) to the house (about 100
> feet) to a
> 1:1 balun and some RG-8X (about 20 feet) into the 2nd floor shack.
> The
> initial swr reading is infinite across the band, no dip anywhere,
> not even a
> little. I suppose since I'm using ladder line, or window line, I
> need to cut
> things different. Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kelley -- W�RK
>
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