"Steve Bonine" wrote in message
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I agree that a random length dipole fed with ladder line makes a great
antenna. I've used one for years with a traditional tuner. My

I would strongly suggest against a random length doublet. A non-resonant
doublet will have impedances all over the place. At some freuencies it
cannot be matched at all, at others the losses in the tuner make you wish
you hadn't been able to tune it. The trick is keeping those nasty spots out
of the ham bands.

There are a number of G5RV type antennas that are doublets whose length has
been chosen to keep those nasty spots out of the ham bands. Spend a few
minutes looking up the right lengths for your doublet and avoid potentially
a lot of grief.

Random length, of course, is random. you COULD get lucky. Or not ....

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