Well sort of - its a 5 element yagi with the driven element being a folded 
 dipole. 
 I have two questions, one, I need to tune it higher in the (2m) band and 
as 
 I have never used a folded dipole before, I am not sure how to go about 
 tuning it, but I would think I just need to shorten the dipole a fraction? 
 (untill I get the best swr) 
 Second question - how do I optimise the length of  the feedline ?(quarter 
or 
 half wavelengths) as it seems to have a marked affect on the swr of the 
 antenna. 
 
If the antenna was designed for the lower portion of the band and you are 
moving it higher, you will need to adjust the lengths of all the elements. 
Not so much as for swr but for the gain and patern. 
YOu adjust the dipole by shorten it.   If the swr changes due to the 
feedline length the antenna needs adjusting.  As well known the swr at the 
antenna is the same but the length of feedline will have some effect.  To 
get the impedance to match at the antenna use a 1/2 wave length of feed line 
betweent  the antenna and the swr meter. 
 
 
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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