[Antennas] more questions
RB
rbig at bellsouth.net
Wed Jan 26 23:42:53 EST 2005
Is it still a G5RV if I run more ladderline to it?
I can't run all ladderline because I don't have a balanced tuner, so have to go through a balun.
What I was running previously was a 170' dipole with ladderline feed from outside my shack. I ran approx 8' of coax out to a 4:1 balun, and ladderline from there.
During Hurricane Ivan, one of my dipole supports (big, tall tree) blew down. Now, I have a reduced horizontal span of approx 105'. But, will still have to run coax out the shack window to the balun.
Should I add some downdrops on each end to help loading? 15' of downward ends would give me an effective 132'.
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