[Antennas] Dipole

Thu, 9 Jan 2003 16:36:46 -0600

I currently use a multi-band dipole for 80 - 10 meters.They are parallel off
the 80 meter wire.
I used strips of thin Lexan to act as separators for the elements and
stranded wire for flexibility.
all fed from a single so-249 connector mounted on a 2"X10" piece of lexan.
It survived Hurricane Opal and George, with only minor twisting.
Be patient when tuning the individual bands! Start on 80 an work down to 10
, keeping an
eye on the ones previously tuned. HINT....Leave all bands a little long
until you have tuned
all the bands, then come back and tweak each one for exact freq.......
Have fun....John - KE4HIE

----- Original Message -----
From: "WD8OKN de Michigan" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 11:20 AM
Subject: [Antennas] Dipole

> I am building a multi-band dipole.  It will be cut for 40m, 20m, and 10m.
>  I've been told to be careful and I've read that you should NOT run the
> legs of the dipole parallel with each other.    I've read they need to be
> perpendicular.  However, I've seen many dipoles built this way
> (parallel).
>
> What are the groups thoughts?
>
> Sean
> WD8OKN
>
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