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Old February 15th 06, 06:40 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore
 
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Default 300 ohm folded dipole from ARRL Handbook, early 1990's

Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
From my calculations, assuming his center frequency was 51 mHz, he used
a size factor of 142.494 for the total length of the antenna. This seems
odd to me, as it would translate to 467.5 feet which is number I've
never seen before.


468/f is the length of a dipole adjusted for end effects.

Anyone have any ideas? Will this work? How do I calculate the stub
length?


Why not use a Xc = -j150 cap? I get 0.176 wavelength for a
capacitive stub which may be inconvenient at HF.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp