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Old October 17th 05, 05:29 AM
Cecil Moore
 
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Default Doublet Antenna question

Ed wrote:
My main concern was that trying to tune a 100 foot dipole on 75M
might cause problems due to the dipole being shorter than halfwave on
75M. From what I am now concluding from your comments, and others',
this probably won't be an issue?


Walter Maxwell of "Reflections" fame recommends a minimum length
for a dipole of 3/8 wavelength. 102 ft is 3/8 wavelength on
about 3.6 MHz so it should and does work well. That's the length
of my dipole.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp