The typical cage dipole design I have seen brings the wires together at both
the end and the middle -- twist and solder them together, and that's where
the center of the coax connects -- and on the other side of the center
insulator the same thing and the braid connects to the multi-wires.
The cage dipole should give you improved bandwidth, hopefully to cover both
CW and phone with close to a 1:1 SWR, but that should be the only basic
improvement in performance, as I understand it.
73 - Rich, KE3Q
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Buller" <k0wa@swbell.net>
To: "TowerTalk Reflector" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 9:51 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] A discussion on Dipoles....
> Hi Everyone
>
> The reflector has been quiet for a few days, so I am going to aske a
> question to get some feed back from the collective wisdom on TowerTalk.
>
> I am going to replace my beam and while I am at it, I am going to look at
> chainging out my dipoles for 40 and 80 meters. Well, actually they are
> inverted vees at 45 feet. That is where they will stay too. So what is
> the big deal? Well, I would like to know what other people are using out
> there instead of copper-clad steel...or flex-weave...or what ever.
>
> Since Sol is quieting down, it seems 40 and 80 are going to be more and
> more busy. So, I am interested in what other people have done for the
> simple dipole.
>
> I've been thinking about making dipoles out of RG-58 and RG-8 that I have
> tons of but do not want to use it as transmission lines. The would give
> me some "bandwidth" but what are the upsides and downsides? How about
> "cage antenna" for 80 meters? If you use coax how to you attach an
> insulator at the end of the coax. I have some ideas, but I would like to
> know yours.
>
> Thanks for all the collective wisdom....
>
> Lee - K0WA
>
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