Cecil Moore wrote in message ...
Cecil Moore wrote:

N2EY wrote:

Biggest headache, though, is switching the various lengths for
different bands.

No switching the various lengths on this one, Jim. Just a 110 ft
dipole fed with about 110 ft of fixed length ladder-line with two
series variable caps as the one knob tuner. Covers from 3.5 MHz to
4.0 MHz with an SWR less than 1.7:1 and no lossy coils needed.

I apologize to everyone for a mental blunder I made with this
proposed antenna. The reactances are capacitive, not inductive.
It would have to be tuned with series inductors which defeats
the propose of a low loss design.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Back to the G5RV . .

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