[TenTec] grounding dipoles

[Able2fly at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/23/2004 6:44:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
jsb at digistar.com writes:

I  experimented with this once (once is the operative word, about 15 
years  ago) ) but didn't have the best success with it because the SWR 
was  high.  Weather was bad and I was pressed for time so I didn't pursue  
further.  Does this require a tuner or should the SWR be low?  I  would 
very much like to eliminate the extra runs of coax,  etc.



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For minimum SWR, the dipoles of course need to be cut to the proper length  
for resonance at your operating frequency. Formulas will only get you close,  
then its "cut and try" time... Tuners generally aren't needed for resonant  
coax fed dipoles, parallel connected or not...
 
Bill