I agree with Hardy, Dave, and Jim. My second element is a dipole fed
with RG11, and I switch in lengths of coax that are shorted or open in
the shack to switch it from CW to SSB (the coax acts as a tuned stub
that provides the needed reactance). BTW -- W6AM published a great
2-part article about this in NCJ, roughly 5-7 years ago. I can't do
exactly what John did because my 80 Yagi is too high (about 140 ft).
That's why I'm using stubs.
73, Jim K9YC
On Mon,10/17/2016 6:24 AM, jimlux wrote:
Moral of the story: switch an inductor or capacitor at the feedpoint:
it's easier to get a high current relay than a high voltage one, it's
easier to switch something at the boom than the tip of the element.
The antenna doesn't really care about the physical length of the
elements, it's all about the electrical length.
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