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Old October 2nd 03, 11:49 AM
Reg Edwards
 
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Reg Edwards wrote:
You can do no better than to begin with a bottom-fed, bottom-tuned,

vertical
or sloping wire, or pole or mast as high as you can manage.


But don't allow the vertical radiator to be longer than 5/8WL
on the highest frequency of interest.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp

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Cecil, The difference between 3/4-wave and 5/8ths wave insofar as low and
medium-angle stuff is concerned is not worth thinking about. It is
unnoticeable in normal use. You ought NOT to go around unnecessarily
frightening people into hacking the tops off perfectly good antennas.
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Reg