In a message dated 8/23/2004 6:44:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
jsb@digistar.com writes:
I experimented with this once (once is the operative word, about 15
years ago) ) but didn't have the best success with it because the SWR
was high. Weather was bad and I was pressed for time so I didn't pursue
further. Does this require a tuner or should the SWR be low? I would
very much like to eliminate the extra runs of coax, etc.
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For minimum SWR, the dipoles of course need to be cut to the proper length
for resonance at your operating frequency. Formulas will only get you close,
then its "cut and try" time... Tuners generally aren't needed for resonant
coax fed dipoles, parallel connected or not...
Bill
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