40m centre feed dipole, I want to add 80m
 

"Andy" wrote in message
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Hi all,

I have now tried all sorts of combinations and the best that I have found
to work best in such a small place is a 40m centre fed dipole, fed direct
with 40 feet of 50 Ohm RG58 c/u then into a Ugly Balun made of RG58 c/u
then into RG213 back to the ATU. This is just how it all worked out, come
the end.
I then made a couple of 40 meter traps for 80m.
The 40 meter section of the dipole barely fits the garden with no room to
spare. The traps and the added lengths of wire are dropped down and tied
back slightly to keep it away from the mounting pole, It is still kept at
a right angle to the main part of the antenna.
I have a 1.1:1 - 1.3:1 on the main frequency that I want to use on 40m and
80m without using the ATU.
It seems to work very well for what it is.
Thanks all for your help.

73 Andy


Thanks for the feedback Andy. It's somewhat rare to find out exactly how a
project turned out on this forum :-)

Regards

Mike G0ULI