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| Subject: | Re: [TenTec] End Fed Zepp |
| From: | "Stuart Rohre" <rohre@arlut.utexas.edu> |
| Reply-to: | tentec@contesting.com |
| Date: | Wed, 24 Mar 2004 16:13:38 -0600 |
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Indeed Don, center feeding a Zepp is easier to avoid RF in shack. And, if you lengthen each side to 5/8 wave rather than shorter, you get a collinear with gain, the Double Extended Zepp. Put up inverted Vee style, it is a very effective Field Day antenna. Best tuned to your tuner with external balun and an Antenna Analyzer to generate a set of tuner chart settings. -Stuart K5KVH The old rule of thumb for end fed Zepp with balanced line was to use odd multiples of quarter waves as feeder to lessen RF in the shack. |
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