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JN wrote:
Hamsticks and their clones are for US 75m (4MHz) and not directly tunable to 80m (3,5 MHz) I plan a Hamstick dipole for Digimodes and CW for say 3560 kHz. What is the best way to lower the resonance frequency Some type of capasitive loading at the end of base(coil) section or an inductance at center wich could maybe also function as impedance transformer? What is the feedpoint resistance of Hamstick dipole? Any ideas or experiences? A hamstick has measured 12 dB down from a screwdriver during 75m mobile CA antenna shootouts. That screwdriver was about 10 dB down from a 1/2WL dipole. A 75m hamstick is little better than a dummy load having a radiation resistance of maybe 0.5 ohm and an efficiency in the ballpark of 1%, i.e. 100 watts in, 1 watt out. That said, the best way to accomplish what you are trying to do is to use extenders on the bottom sections. The longer the section underneath the coil, the greater the radiation efficiency. I have extenders in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 foot lengths. They really come in handy for antenna experiments. If you could use 6 foot base extenders, that would make the dipole 8+6+6+8 = ~28 feet long overall. Assuming you could get that antenna up at a decent height (50+ feet), I think the performance might be "not bad". -- 73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com |
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