On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 10:17:55 -0500, Cecil Moore
wrote:

Buck wrote:
Nothing changes much. The radiation pattern will favor the
long side of the antenna. Since the currents are unbalanced
there may be an abundance of feedline radiation.

Then, would the center feed be the best way to go?

Balanced center-feeding a balanced antenna will tend to
minimize the common-mode currents but some antennas, like
the Carolina Windom depend upon feedline radiation for
their radiation patterns. What are you trying to
accomplish?

When trimmed to SWR, I get less than 1.5:1 on fifteen meters. My
plans are to build a multiband antenna, parallel elements, where each
band is 3/2 wave dipoles and fed with 50 or 75 ohm coax. I haven't
tried this yet, but I would hope I can have a few gain dipole antennas
in a multi-band format.


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73 for now
Buck
N4PGW