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Michael Coslo wrote in
: So we're looking at around 90 feet total, not counting the foot or so in the house. One of the risks of using a centre fed dipole with arbitrary open wire feed is that you may find the impedance at the tx end of the line to be extreme on some bands, driving problems with volage baluns, and ATUs. In the case of a 80m half wave, feedline lengths near 60' and 180' are likely to be troublesome. Same dipole on 40m and feedline lengths near 60' and 120' are likely to be troublesome. Some folk would advise feeding at a current maximum, but of course, for this dipole, a current maximum for 80m at the tx end of the feedline is a voltage maximum for 40m. Your 90' option might well be effective in avoiding some of the impedance extremes on the lower bands that damage componets, cause excessive loss, or are just difficult to match. Owen |
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