[Elecraft] Question for Wayne about your OCF Dipole

[Bob McGraw K4TAX]

Most HF antennas for 160M, 80M and 40M, based on average height above ground, have a feed Z less than 50 ohms at resonance.  Some as low as 20 ohms. 

Bob, K4TAX


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> On Sep 19, 2017, at 12:47 PM, Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:
> 
> They're in series when used in the manner being discussed, not parallel.  If you were to connect the two center conductors together and two shields together at each end, they are in parallel.  In such case, the shields go to one side of the dipole and the center conductors to the other side.
> 
>> On 9/18/2017 8:14 PM, Buck wrote:
>> Wouldn't two 50 ohm cables in parallel result in 25 ohm impedance?
>> 
>> 
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