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Old October 8th 08, 05:25 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Allodoxaphobia Allodoxaphobia is offline
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Default Dummy Load Antenna

On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 08:11:04 -0500, Howard Kowall wrote:
Has anyone ever tried putting a dipole antenna up with the center insulator
being a high power 50 ohm dummy load,then connecting the dipole elements
across the dummy load.


This would always keep a suitable match at 50 ohms
and satisfy the transceiver.


You seem to understand nothing about parallel resistances/reactances.