On 7/17/2018 11:00 AM, Wes Stewart wrote:
If your open wire is short, why bother? Replace it with low loss
coax, put a decent common-mode choke at the feedpoint and tune it.
Sometimes the effort to use open wire simply isn't worth it.
Caution on this. See JUN 2015 - QST (PG. 30) "Don't Blow Up Your Balun"
by Dean Straw, N6BV
Dean's work clearly shows why it simply is not practical to choke a
non-resonant antenna. And, because receive noise is such a major issue
for most of us, it's why I don't recommend antennas like this. The
random wire and off-center fed wires were great ideas for 30 years ago,
but terrible ideas today.
Fan dipoles are a FAR better choice.
73, Jim K9YC
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