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Old March 14th 05, 12:26 AM
Harold Burton
 
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I have a rather short dipole i can't 'move' the ends appart any more.

currently using 18g stranded


just wondering if i went to a larger wire ga would there be any
appreciable gains??



tnx


Perhaps a little wider bandwidth, would probably require a lot more diameter
to achieve much. Not an area of expertise for me, but I have read that
bending dipoles is not always a bad thing. You might try adding wire
perpendicular to your dipole ends. Also an inverted vee might allow some
additional length along the 45 degree downward angle, I believe it might
also help with impedance matching (or so I've read).

Harold
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