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Re: [TowerTalk] 40-10 meter wire antenna

To: Dick NY1E <dick@ny1e.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 40-10 meter wire antenna
From: Joe Cucuzza <cucuzza18@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 13:14:34 -0600
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Please consider an off center fed dipole. 15 meters won't be as good as the
other bands. There are several that work with coax and a balun.  Think also
about a second balun for common mode current.
73 Joe KA8WEP

On Jan 31, 2017 5:51 PM, "Dick NY1E" <dick@ny1e.com> wrote:

> I'm in a limited space location, I'm looking for a wire antenna to use on
> 40-10 meters. The handbook says a 40m dipole fed with ladder line will be 2
> half waves in phase on 20, and have 1.8 db gain. My coax fed 20m dipole is
> 10db better than my coax fed 40m dipole on 20, will open wire feeders and a
> tuner really improve it that much?de Dick NY1E
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