Re: [TenTec] It's getting cold. Perfect antenna weather for a OCF dipole

[Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>]

>I do NOT recommend the use of open wire line as a band-aid for badly matched 
>antennas.


This doesn't change the fact that every shortwave broadcast station in
the world uses open wire line to balanced antennas, usually rhombics
and dipole curtains, for covering multiple assigned frequencies across
HF.

Anyone can use coax for everything and have a dozen dipoles up to
cover HF, but decades of research, and practice based on physics
support the successful and efficient use of balanced open line with
balanced loads and a correctly designed genuinely balanced matching
network.

73

Rob
K5UJ
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