[HoustonHam] Radio Works??

[chasm at texas.net]

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 13:34:31 -0600, chasm at texas.net wrote:

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>is the owner of Radio Works a nut or is his testing valid??  he states that no
>dipole whose ends drop more than to create a 140* included angle will work as
>well as one with an acute apex angle of 120 or 90 or whatever.


nope
got that wrong..  just the opposite.  he supports flat topping inverted Vees
with a min apex angle of 140*  = the flatter and higher off the ground, the
better.

hope that makes better sense.  also, suggests not using coax or ladder straight
out of the "center" feedpoint of the dipole but only after installing a balun
first, then the feed line.  iow, the way you have described your dipoles.

sorry.
chas
k5dam




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