[Hallicrafters] Re: 40M dipole on 80M

[Roy Morgan]

On Oct 2, 2008, at 9:07 AM, DALE PARFITT wrote:

>
> > I have a 40 m dipole horizontal antenna and would like to try
>> transmitting (HT-44) on 80 m. ...
> Hi Skip,
> I did some fast modelling. ...
> The feed Z is 16 -J1009 for a whopping VSWR of 1300:1
> Dale

But...

if you tie the inner and outer conductors of the coax together, feed  
it as a random wire, AND have an RF ground at the transmitter (a  
counterpoise, for instance) it might work much better.  Might.

Roy

Roy Morgan
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