[Antennaware] Help with Short Dipole

[Gedas]

Thanks Mike. Yes I agree 100%. Could not agree more. You and I know what 
the results will be.

But this is an experiment I want to perform in the name of science and 
for my personal satisfaction (I love messing with antennas on paper then 
trying them out on the air).

I know positively that I will end up with a vertical of some flavor but 
the 160m dipole is already in the air and I have already built up a pair 
of loading inductors, installed them on the 160m dipole, tweaked their 
value so that the antenna has minimum SWR at 474 kHz, now all I need to 
do is transform the low impedance at the feedpoint to 50 ohms via a 
transformer or "gamma" inductor or something and I can then run my tests 
and be done. I would not be happy if I did not at least try it out to 
see for myself.

Gedas, W8BYA

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On 3/4/2019 9:15 PM, Mike Waters wrote:
> I don't know a lot about 630m, but I believe most people use 
> top-loaded verticals there.
>
> Personally, I wouldn't even attempt to get on 630m with a dipole (or 
> any other type of horizontal antenna).
>
> 73, Mike
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