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I was thinking along the same lines as Jon, LA4RT when I posted my
comment... using an 80m dipole on 40m, maybe you want to move the feedpoint away from the current node. How about this. If you make one leg 5% longer than the other: The length of leg 1 is L, the length of leg 2 is 1.05L. What do you need to have an integer number of half wavelengths on each side of the feedpoint? (This is the only time you can get a mid element current node, right?) L=m*lambda/2 1.05L=n*lambda/2 = 1.05(m*lambda/2)=n*lambda/2 The lowest integers that satisfy this: n/m = 105/100 = 21/20. So until you hit 21 halfwaves on one side and 20 halfwaves on the other, I think you don't have a current node at the feedpoint. Is this desirable? I think it probably is, but I am not a tuner expert. 73, Dan |
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