Ted wrote:

Cecil Moore wrote:

Ted wrote:
I have about 40 feet of garden to erect an antenna....Could anyone tell
me if I took 2 20 feet length of twin ladder and shorted the ends
fed one side of the dipole with twin ladder and connected a 52 ohm
resistor across the other side ...

Where is the ground for that 52 ohm resistor?

The feed goes to the centre..The ends are strapped together and the resistor
connects between the free ends opposite the feed connection...

I'm afraid we need a schematic. Is this correct?

20ft 20ft
+-------------------FP------------------+
| 52 ohm resistor
+-------------------FP------------------+

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73, Cecil, http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp

Cecil Moore wrote:

Ted wrote:

Cecil Moore wrote:

Ted wrote:
I have about 40 feet of garden to erect an antenna....Could anyone tell
me if I took 2 20 feet length of twin ladder and shorted the ends
fed one side of the dipole with twin ladder and connected a 52 ohm
resistor across the other side ...

Where is the ground for that 52 ohm resistor?

The feed goes to the centre..The ends are strapped together and the
resistor connects between the free ends opposite the feed connection...

I'm afraid we need a schematic. Is this correct?

20ft 20ft
+-------------------resistor------------+ |
connected connected
+-------------------FP------------------+

Like so...Ends strapped and r at centre opposite feed...
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Regards
Ted Wager
Using Debian Linux

Ted wrote:
I'm afraid we need a schematic. Is this correct?

20ft 20ft
+-------------------resistor------------+ |

connected connected

+-------------------FP------------------+

OK, close to a T2FD. Here are the formulas for such an antenna.

http://www.hard-core-dx.com/nordicdx.../t2design.html

Looks like yours would be resonant around 8.2 MHz.
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73, Cecil, http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp

Cecil Moore wrote:

Ted wrote:
I'm afraid we need a schematic. Is this correct?

20ft 20ft
+-------------------resistor------------+ |

connected connected

+-------------------FP------------------+

OK, close to a T2FD. Here are the formulas for such an antenna.

http://www.hard-core-dx.com/nordicdx.../t2design.html

Looks like yours would be resonant around 8.2 MHz.

Thanks very much for the info and the address..
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Regards
Ted Wager
Using Debian Linux