Fred W4JLE wrote:
I doubt that anyone in the
history of the world has calculated a 75 meter dipole, put it up, and made
no adjustments unless they mis-measured.

I'm one of the hams who calculated a 75 meter dipole, fed it
with ladder-line, and had to make no adjustments. :-)
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Nah! Cecil you mis-measured, you can't even get the impedance right. Next
you will be telling me that you change the length of your feed line and
don't need a tuner. :)

"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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Fred W4JLE wrote:
I doubt that anyone in the
history of the world has calculated a 75 meter dipole, put it up, and
made
no adjustments unless they mis-measured.

I'm one of the hams who calculated a 75 meter dipole, fed it
with ladder-line, and had to make no adjustments. :-)
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Fred W4JLE wrote:
Nah! Cecil you mis-measured, you can't even get the impedance right.

With a ~50 ohm antenna and ~450 ohm ladder-line,
a match is impossible so why fret about it? :-)
Patient: Doc, it hurts when I do this.
Doc: Then don't do that.
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