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20 Meter Dipole - instant DX!!!
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Radio TexMex wrote: Tim wrote: I would! Use the ladder line and get rid of the balun. Much more broadbanded solution. You CAN use a tuner at the rig to tune the antenna, but if all you do is receive, it will work quite well. I currently use a 200 foot dipole with ladder line and a tuner in the shack. Works great just about anywhere I go. No coax and no balun makes that possible! -Tim Radio TexMex wrote: Cecil Moore wrote: Radio TexMex wrote: Moral of this story: I've learned you can only get so much performance out of an unmatched antenna with a tuner. What kind of feedline were you using for the 40m dipole when used on 20m? I've been using RG-8X the entire time. I have some 450 ohm ladder line laying around. Would you suggest trying that, or something other than the coax? Yeah, someone just pointed out, via email, the jack-assery I have going on by using that balun. I just did some much needed reading and clarified to myself *again* exactly what baluns do. And in this case, there's no need for a 4:1 balun. I'm going to take it off and I *should* still get the desired results. Yeah I did not see that in your post sorry. Coax to dipole 1:1 would do the job unless you have a fractional unit. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
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