In a message dated 4/30/98 7:39:22 AM Pacific Daylight Time, RHealy@mdsroc.com
writes:
<< >80-meter dipole. Sez he feeds it with 50-ohm line, cut by formula for
>3650, and inserts a quarter-wave of 75-ohm coax a quarter wave down from
>the feedpoint. He says it produces a double-humped SWR curve that never
>approaches 1:1 but stays between 2:2 from 3500-3800.
>>
I have done the same thing and have had the exact same experience using a
quarter wave of RG6. I also wind it into a coax choke and ty-wrap it to the
center insulator.
Tom, K5RC
aka K7GJ
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