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Re: [TowerTalk] 40 meter vertical beam

To: Tom Osborne <w7why@frontier.com>, towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 40 meter vertical beam
From: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 09:09:11 -0800
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On 3/8/2016 8:43 AM, Tom Osborne wrote:

Does anyone know how to calculate the length of the reflector for this
antenna??

Thanks and 73
Tom W7WHY

You calculate the free space length, just to use as a starting
point.  Then you build it and measure the frequency giving a
F/B of around 10 to 12 dB. Once you know how far off it
is from the frequency you want, you can scale it to the correct
value.

Rick N6RK
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