[Antennas] question regarding dipole
Bob Wilder
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2002年3月18日 16:50:37 -0600
Two questions: 1] how much room do you have? 2] Do you plan on using a tuner?
Think about building the who thing out of 450 Ohm ladder line with 4:1
Balun at center
to 450 Ohm line...See My web site for antenna I use under CURRENT...works
great
with 100 watts on 40 meters.
At 05:25 PM 03/18/2002 -0500, Joe Falcone wrote:
>Hello: I want to run a dipole for 40 meters, 33 feet for each leg, under
my second story deck. I was going to use insulated wire and staple the
wire to the underside of
>the
>supports of the deck. Purpose of the antenna is just to hook up to when I
am on the deck to work some 100 watt CW.
>>I am going to fit the 66 feet of dipole into 40 feet by simply running the
wire in a pattern like this _|~~|__|~~|________ center
__________|~~|__|~~|__ You get the
>picture. (I made the top lines wavy only because I did not know how to
type them straight. The wire will run in straight lines).
>>My question is: Is there some type of rough rule of thumb on changing the
lenght of the wire if you are going to shorten the total lenght of the
area that the dipole is going
>to fit into, or doesn't it matter? Would I still use the 33 feet? This
antenna will be up about 8 feet from the ground, but the land slopes away
from the house.
>>Thanks, Joe. N8TI
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73
Bob Wilder, AF2HD / AFA2HD(USAF MARS)
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