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Re: [TowerTalk] Choke on feed point of dipole

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Choke on feed point of dipole
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:24:04 -0800
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Yes. I studied a couple of Tom's earlier designs for county expeditions, and W6GJB and I have built some for our expeditions that worked well.

http://k9yc.com/AntennaPlanning.pdf

73, Jim K9YC

On 1/13/2026 11:34 AM, john@kk9a.com wrote:
A vertical dipole can have shortened elements, making height less of an
issue.  Force 12 used to make sideways H shaped verticals that were center
fed.  I have used one on 40m and it was surprisingly good.  Here is a
Force12 80m Sigma vertical:


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