[Elecraft] Coax-Fed Antenna for KX1 with ATU

[Vic Rosenthal]

Phil Wheeler wrote:
> 
>   My experience with parallel dipoles has not been real good,
> though.  

The secret of parallel dipoles is to keep some separation between the 
ends.  If you are hanging them all in the same plane (i.e., from two 
supports), you can allow the last couple of feet of each dipole hang 
straight down, for example.  Using ribbon cable without separtating the 
ends is not good.

If you want to tune them, tune the longest one first, since the short 
ones are affected more by the long ones than vice versa.  And, although 
this doesn't apply to the KX1, I should mention that if you have a 
40-meter dipole you should not also add a 15-meter one (the 40m antenna 
will also show a low impedance on 15).

-- 
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco