[Elecraft] Non-Resonant Antennas and Chokes

[Ken]

On 1/16/19 12:11 AM, Wes Stewart wrote:
> 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. _


You do realize that "pruning" for resonance will rarely give a flat SWR 
and pruning for low SWR does not mean the antenna is resonant?


Of course, if you cut an end fed Zepp and feed it in the center with 
coax, it becomes a single band dipole instead of a multi band antenna.


Ken WA8JXM