Changing dipole resonance by changing one leg?

October 7th 08, 08:36 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna

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Changing dipole resonance by changing one leg?

On Oct 7, 8:02*am, Chevy454 wrote:
How effective is it to cut a one-band dipole for the highest frequency
desired and clipping an extension on one leg to get low SWR on lower
frequencies?

Ken KC2JDY

It works. You are not shifting the center point of the dipole
enough to really cause any problems as far as balance, etc.
I do it all the time with portable dipoles.

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