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Re: [TowerTalk] Broadbanding a dipole

To: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Broadbanding a dipole
From: David Jordan <wa3gin@erols.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:01:34 -0500
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NO its is for bandwidth...

sometimes I stuff a screwdriver mobile antenna on each end and use it as 
a 160 - 40m remote tuned dipole ;-)

73,
dave
wa3gin

Jim Lux wrote:

>At 11:12 AM 1/30/2006, Tod wrote:
>  
>
>>>...I use 2" irrigation tubing for a dipole on 40 meters.  The
>>>dipole has a usable bandwidth of about .5Mhz
>>>      
>>>
>>I suspect the 2" tubing is to minimize droop on 40 meters rather than VSWR
>>across the band. Last I heard we only were allowed to use 300 kHz.
>>
>>Tod, K0TO
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>>
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>  
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