The man wants a simple, single wire antenna. How the heck is choking at the
input end of a short length of open wire significantly better that doing it at
the feedpoint?
I know you and Dean are buddies, but don't get me started about him. Since he's
using his software which has been shown to be in error in the past, "Introducing
an Improved Version of Transmission Line for Windows Software" QST, Jun 2014,
p.39, I wouldn't make bank on the conclusions. Plus he continues the fallacy
that a balun on the input of a tuner is better than one on the output. Shown to
be wrong by W7EL, W8JI, W9CF among others. ARRL's publication of such an
unbalanced tuner and pretending it's balanced is a disservice to the community.
I agree with your recommendation of fan dipoles, but that is beyond the scope of
the OP's desires.
Wes N7WS
On 7/17/2018 11:32 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
On 7/17/2018 11:00 AM, Wes Stewart wrote:
If your open wire is short, why bother? Replace it with low loss coax, put a
decent common-mode choke at the feedpoint and tune it. Sometimes the effort
to use open wire simply isn't worth it.
Caution on this. See JUN 2015 - QST (PG. 30) "Don't Blow Up Your Balun"
by Dean Straw, N6BV
Dean's work clearly shows why it simply is not practical to choke a
non-resonant antenna. And, because receive noise is such a major issue for
most of us, it's why I don't recommend antennas like this. The random wire and
off-center fed wires were great ideas for 30 years ago, but terrible ideas today.
Fan dipoles are a FAR better choice.
73, Jim K9YC
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