[Elecraft] Non-Resonant Antennas and Chokes

[Wes Stewart]

Oh dear.  Of course I know that stuff. BTW, except for very lossy RX antennas 
the only thing I know of that gives a "flat" SWR is a dummy load.

The OP said, "My antenna, for 40 mtr's, is a 67' wire up about 25'."  Why should 
he make a 40-meter dipole so complicated?

Wes  N7WS

On 1/16/2019 9:37 AM, Ken wrote:
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> 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. _
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> 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?
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> 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.
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> Ken WA8JXM