I have put up an antenna for my daughter-in-law KB3AGR that is ( 130 feet,
as much wire as I could stretch between two trees) feed with 50 feet 450
Ohm ladder line to a balun under the eve of the house. This is a current
balun sold by Radio Works and is supposed to have a very short coax run from
it to the radio. That run is 25 feet of LMR400.
I was trying to get this to resonate on 160 until I found out that her
Kenwood 690AT does not tune 160. It tunes all the other bands great. Now the
question.
If I cut the flat top to be resonant do I include the feeders in the length?
I constructed this antenna looking at the ARRL 19th edition of the Antenna
Handbook, page 7-3.
If the flat top has to be longer, can I add a droop to each end?
Thanks,
Bob, W3PT
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