[Elecraft] Non-Resonant Antennas and Chokes

[Wes Stewart]

Why don't you cut the dipole in the center, add an insulator and feed it with 
coax?  Put a CM choke at the feedpoint if you insist and lose the ladderline and 
tuner. Prune the wire length for resonance.

Wes  N7WS

On 1/15/2019 7:15 PM, John Pierce wrote:
> I haven't read all the comments on this thread and thus may requesting
> redundant info.  My antenna, for 40 mtr's, is a 67' wire up about 25'.  I
> have 30' of 450 ohm ladder line connected to the end of the antenna and
> bringing the antenna into my basement.  So I guess you could say that I have
> a non-resonant end fed Zepp.
>
>   
>
> I can check the impedance at the end of the ladder line, where one side is
> the antenna and the other side is connected to a ground rod at the point of
> entering the house.   I can measure the impedance of the antenna in the
> basement, using Mini60 without an antenna tuner .  The ladder line is then
> connected to a MFJ 926B remote antenna tuner  The tuner is fed by about 30'
> of RG58 coax from  my transmitter.  When I see a reactive component to the
> impedance of the ladder line, without the tuner connected, should I have
> some choke inserted in one side of the ladder line or not?  Should the tuner
> be able to handle the reactive component?
>
>   
>
> John
>
> AD2F
>
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