In article . com,
"RHF" wrote:

So I want to Rig my cut-to-order Dipole Antenna to use
for general across-the-bands Shortwave Listening.

First - Don't Think of It as a Dipole . . .

Think of it as Two Horizontal Wire Antennas that are fed
with a Pair of Matched Lines {Ladder Line - Twin Lead - etc}

Second -Taking the two (a pair of) feed-in-line Wires and
Connecting them together at the "Antenna" HI-Z (500 Ohm)
{Red} Terminal of my Radio / Receiver.

Third - Then I connect my Ground Wire to the "Ground"
HI-Z (500 Ohm) {Black} Terminal of my Radio / Receiver.

The impedance does not match up that well as a 300 ohm transmission
line to 500 high impedance input on most radios but it might work well
in low noise situation. Anyone ever try this?

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Telamon
Ventura, California