[Elecraft] K4 Experience

[Robert G Strickland]

Does the choke cause a significant sag in the antenna? For 40m maybe 
not; my 80m dipole with a choke looks like a V antenna, and I'm 
reluctant to increase the tension in the support ropes to the point 
where the the antenna starts to flatten out.
...robert

On 6 Jul 2021 02:30, Jim Brown wrote:
>
> An important part of the antenna system is a serious common mode choke
> at the feedpoint if each antenna, so that current coupled from the
> feedline doesn't fill in the antenna's nulls.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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Robert G Strickland, PhD ABPH - KE2WY
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