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It seems to me that there are two major issues with the Lattin/W4JRW
antenna: 1) Mechanically, it can be challenging. Regular Twin Lead with one of the wires cut is just too flimsy. When I tried to build a working version of the Lattin, I had 2 partners. The 3 of us, collectively, have a decent amount of experience with home-brew antennas. Our first attempt was done using flat TV twin-lead. It was fragile and hard to work with, mechanically. Electrically, it was just confusing. Unpredictable. I never felt that we were close to getting a good workable multi-band antenna. Some time passed, and we decided to try again. This time we used the much sturdier ladder line (for traps/radiator) as a starting point. Mechanically, this was a fairly robust device. Electrically, it was the same as our previous attempt. We spent a lot of time with it. Cut up a lot of wire. We finally reluctantly gave up. We _WANTED_ it to work, but we were just not able to get anything accomplished. Again, we felt that we were never close to having a workable, 50 ohm coax-fed, multi-band antenna. Lee Carkenord KA0FPJ Denver CO |
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