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Old April 10th 04, 07:16 PM
Cecil Moore
 
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Mikey wrote:
Also, if you're looking for multi-band performance, consider trimming about
30 feet off the antenna - 102 to about 120 feet tends to be more tunable.
You might also consider changing over from coax to twin lead, if you can
work the logistics...


Mike, unless Bob does both, trim to 102 ft *AND* use twin-lead, That is
very bad advice. A coax-fed 102 ft. dipole is resonant on 4.59 MHz
which is not inside any ham band. It will be a terrible performer
on all HF ham bands except 20m where it will have an SWR about 3:1.
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73, Cecil, W5DXP



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