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Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing?

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Subject: Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing?
From: Bryan Swadener via Amps <amps@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Bryan Swadener <bswadener@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 20:53:15 +0000 (UTC)
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Now THAT's funny! Well played! ;-)
vy 73,
Bryan WA7PRC
      From: Mirko S57AD
Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2017 12:17 PM
 Subject: Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing?
   
Just leave that dipole outside stretching, maybe you will get dipole for 75M 
one day :D73,  Mirko, S57AD 
2017-01-05 20:50 GMT+01:00 Bryan WA7PRC:

Humor apparently missed... by TWO.
;-)
vy 73,Bryan WA7PRC


Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 13:30:46 -0600
From: Joe WB9SBD
Subject: Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing?

Yup, and even if it was a direct relation, for every inch of stretch, on
40 it would only go down 5 Kc.

Joe WB9SBD

On 1/5/2017 1:22 PM, Bill WA4LAV wrote:
>    A little stretch makes little difference due to the low Q of a half-wave 
>dipole antenna.
> 73
> Bill WA4LAV
> ______________________________ __________
> From: Bryan WA7PRC
> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2017 12:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing?
>
> After many years of stretching, I bet the resonant frequency is lower. ;-)
> vy 73,
> Bryan WA7PRC    ------------------------------ ------------------------------ 
> ----------
>
> Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 10:49:08 -0600
> From: Joe WB9SBD
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing?
>
> My 40 meter "Novice" First antenna Dipole, is still in the air. No Fancy
> Baluns, just RG-58 coax split at the center with porcelain insulators.
> Wire? Stranded 14 Ga house wire.
>
> Been radiating with it since spring of 1976.
>
> Joe WB9SBD
   
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