[Elecraft] What antenna should I build?

[Mark Bayern]

Jim,

That OCF sounds interesting, and I'm also in a restricted
neighborhood, but what is a '1/2 wavelength of coax' for an antenna
that covers 80 thru 10 meters?

Mark AD5SS


On 6/12/06, James T. Jim Rogers, W4ATK <rogers9466 at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Gee,
>         I live in a restricted neighborhood and I could not be happier with my 40M
> off center fed dipole I have stapled to the "ridgepole" in my garden home. I
> mounted a 4:1 balun at the feed point and fed it with 1/2 wavelength of
> coax. It works 80 thru 10 meters and is easily tuned with my KAT100 to 1:1
> on 40 thru 10 and 1.2:1 on 80M.
>         Moving from band to band changes the radiation pattern and on 20M, it has a
> pipeline into Europe and the Middle East. Made some nice contacts on the K2
> alone, I very seldom QRO up to the big gun, the KPA100.
>
> 73s Jim, W4ATK
>