Author: Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 00:46:25 -0500
Steve, There is interaction between dipoles even if they are end-to-end although it is a lot less than if they are facing each other. I would be worried about the interaction between your towers and
Author: Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 00:49:37 -0500
A Windom with an open (ladder) line would also work. Sometimes you want to work without a tuner as some of us consider a tuner a PITA. (I love tuners myself. Have several of them and use them all the
I've always wondered about the OCF and ladder line, With both legs being different length, wouldn't there be an unbalance in the feedline? 73 Tom W7WHY Hans - N2JFS __________________________________
YES! Which makes them subject to noise pickup. And which makes them difficult to choke -- the high common mode voltage fries the choke. 73, Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ __