[Antennas] Simple dipole

Robert Lay - W9DMK w9dmk at crosslink.net
Sat Apr 1 09:29:51 EST 2006


You could use it any way that you would use any other wire - it's just
insulated wire. You could make a simple dipole, or you could make a
folded dipole.

If you are real clever you can make a Windom.

It's just wire.

On Sat, 1 Apr 2006 07:21:44 -0500
 Bill Barr <n4uaj at mac.com> wrote:
> Due to construction behind my qth I ran across a bunch of what
>  appears to be some of Ma Bell's old transmission line that had ran
>  overhead before they went to burying it all. My question is would it
>  be ok to use both conductors as one leg of a dipole or would I be
>  better off to split it and use a single conductor for each side..It
>  is solid copper wire spaced about the same as old flat tv wire but
>  much heavier.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Bill
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73 de W9DMK (Bob Lay in Dahlgren, VA)
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