Wayne wrote:
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On 1 May,
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# I was refering to the case where there is nothing to adjust the match and
# getting something under 3:1 at the end of the feed line.
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# Given an ATU, you can usually match anything and there is no need for the
# physical complexity of a fan dipole.
An open wire fed dipole would give pretty good performance. But, feeding
such an antenna with RG-8 and living with a high VSWR (maybe up to 10:1)
shouldn't be discarded.
A dipole of about 18 feet would cover 24 and 28 MHz with about 5:1
VSWR....not bad.
My transmitter gives up at about 5:1.
Your milage (and transmitter) may vary.