ARRL has a broadband 80 meter dipole that was featured in QST. It is very
very wide diameter cage instead of wire. I do not recall the bandwidth, but
it was wide. As I understand, you can increase bandwidth by increasing the
diameter.
Best Regards
Dan Schaaf
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-----Original Message-----
From: Herb Schoenbohm
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 3:37 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 80M Inverted V - CW and SSB
A fat fan dipole is really the way to go for simplicity if you are only
interested in 3.5 to 3.8 with a VSWR less than 1.5 to 1
Herb, KV4FZ
On 10/21/2013 2:58 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
On 10/21/2013 11:46 AM, Richard Karlquist wrote:
This makes sense for a dipole that is shorter
than a half wave, where you need loading coils anyway. I use
switched capacitors with a full size inverted vee dipole (130 feet).
The capacitors are only 1/4 inch square, way easier than coils.
Right. And I suspect there's a bit less loss in your caps than in the
coils.
73, Jim K9YC
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