[Elecraft] feeding a half-wave dipole with ladder line
Ed Cole
kl7uw at acsalaska.net
Thu Oct 28 17:23:23 EDT 2021
I am redesigning my 40/80/160/630m antennas.
A year ago the tower I was supporting my 630m Invert-L was damaged by
wind and taken down. Replacement tower is shorter so not suitable end
wire support for HF antenna.
I decided to repurpose my 80/40m dual dipole into a based-loaded 40-foot
vertical using the 80 & 40m wires for top hat loading on 160/630m. To
do that I purpose to run 40-foot of ladder-line vertical and either load
the bottom using a balun for 80/40m or short the ladder line for the
loaded vertical.
http://www.kl7uw.com/630mTee.jpg
My question is what balun to use for 80/40m. ladder line is 200-300 ohm
whereas the dipoles are near 50-ohm. Should I use a 9:1 balun or would
my original 1:1 balun work? Tuners will be in the shack (KXAT at 100w;
Drake MN-2000 at 1200w). RG-13 coax to base of ladder-line.
I have a couple vac-relays to short the ladder-line and connect the
loading coil for 160/630m.
Thanks, Ed - KL7UW
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