On 11/9/2011 9:53 AM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
>> YES! I LOVE fan dipoles. A HIGH 80/40 fan (higher than 50 ft) is
>> likely to be a good match to 75 ohm coax.
> If you love 2nd harmonics be sure to feed them with coax and run your
> rig right into the feedline.
That could certainly be a problem with lousy rigs, but not with GOOD
rigs and power amps that have decent harmonic filtering built into their
output stages. Think about it -- there are thousands of tri-banders
around, but it's unusual to hear STRONG harmonics on 10M from stations
operating on 20M.
73, Jim Brown K9YC
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