Reg Edwards wrote:
Owen, you know as well as I do his SWR meter does not indicate SWR on
the feedline where it might matter. So some of your comments don't
make much sense.
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Reg.


Just my two cents worth

For my first transmission aerial I made a three band trapped dipole of
split figure 8 mains cable(80,40 and 20) and fed it with coax, and
strung the centre about 25 foot in the air and falling to about 10 foot
at the ends. This has enabled me to work Britain, Spain, Italy and the
US with 40 odd watts SSB. SWR is not perfect and perhaps I should prune
it a little. The hardest part was tuning the traps. I believe this
design came from the arrl handbook.

I know that its not perfect and perhaps I should refine it, but for a
starter aerial I have found it very good. Having said that there are
things about it I want to experiment with.

One thing I have found invaluable is more experienced local hams who
will help.

There are people much more knowledgeable about antennas here than me,
but I am very happy with my home-brew antenna.

hth

73

Warren
ZL3LC