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Subject: [TowerTalk] 80-10 Antenna
From: "Wilson Lamb" <infomet@embarqmail.com>
Reply-to: Wilson Lamb <infomet@embarqmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 13:40:21 -0500
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My son uses a 135’ off center fed dipole, with 4” ladderline, fed with an old 
Matchbox.
He is a beginner and simply built a common design.
It isn’t very high, but works way beyond expectations, even getting DXpeditions 
on 20 SSB.
Of course any antenna works sometime, but his seems very effective.
He used CPVC pipe spacers, but one can buy Laddersnaps and avoid working with 
the pipe.
“Balun” can have many meanings, of course.  His Matchbox is a matching network 
AND a balun.
Obviously you have to have some sort of balanced tuner.
This technology is going on a century old and still effective.
Wilson
W4BOH
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