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Re: [TowerTalk] Ladder Line Fed Dipole Issue

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ladder Line Fed Dipole Issue
From: Tony <dxdx@optonline.net>
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 14:32:00 -0400
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All:

I manged to tweak the length of the 300 ohm ladder line to where the SWR dropped to 1:1 in the middle of the 80 meter band. The SWR decreased on 40 through 10 as well so I can now use my limited range auto-tuner on all bands. The short 110 foot dipole doesn't seem to be an issue on 80.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

Tony

I have an 80 meter dipole fed with 300 ohm ladder line that needed to be moved 
to a different location. The antenna is 110 feet long and the ladder line is 
attached to a DX Engineering 1:1 tuner balun with a short 10 foot run of coax. 
The length of the ladder line is cut to an odd multiple of the 80 meter 
wavelength.

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