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Re: Topband: Anyone using a DX Engineering DXE-ARAH2-1p active dipole an

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Subject: Re: Topband: Anyone using a DX Engineering DXE-ARAH2-1p active dipole antenna?
From: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
Reply-to: n4zr@contesting.com
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:35:09 -0400
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Did you try heavy common-mode choking?  I am using an 8-foot Clifton 
Engineering active antenna on over 200 feet of feedline, and find that 
10 turns of RG-58 on a big Type 31 core, placed at each end of the 
feedline, make all the difference.

73, Pete N4ZR

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On 7/10/2011 3:43 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
> I tried one of those, but the isolation from the feedline
> was insufficient, so the feedline became the antenna.
> The problem is that the feedline is a vertical "antenna"
> and produces a whopping signal that is actually higher
> that the signal from the antenna itself.
>
> Rick N6RK
>
> On 7/10/2011 9:13 AM, vtnn43e@comcast.net wrote:
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone on the list uses a DX Engineering DXE-ARAH2-1p 
>> active dipole antenna and how well does it work on 160 and 80?
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Zack
>>
>> N8FNR
>>
>>
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