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Subject: [TowerTalk] different OCF dipoles?
From: "Eugene Hertz" <ehertz@tcaf.org>
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 04:20:51 +0000
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Hello all,

I am thinking of abandoning an original idea for a fan inverted-L and instead 
going for a windom/ocfd.  I saw a few mfg of these for up to 80m and while they 
both had very similar total length, the length of the legs were rather 
different:

Buckmaster 7-band OCF: 45' + 90' = 135' total (claim: 75/80, 40, 20, 17, 12, 
10, & 6 meters)

Carolina Windom OCF: 50' + 83' - 133' total (claim 80-10m)
Others ocf mfg's have similar length legs.

Another point of confusion for me. The buckmaster does not have a predefined 
vertical component. You add your own coax and they say the length is not 
critical.  The carolina (and others) have a specific 22' vertical radiator and 
then you add your own coax after a "line isolator" 

Would anyone be willing to help me unravel these mysteries? 
First: What is the effect of the different leg lengths?
Second: What is the impact of having/not having a specific length radiator vs 
just add coax.



 


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