[TenTec] Antenna is up, but the coupler doesn't like 160 meters

[Richards]

Mike told us what he has.

	The ARRL Antenna Book defines "doublet" as
	synonymous with "dipole,"  but I understand
	many hams intend the locution "doublet" to refer
	to a type of dipole fed with open line to
	facilitate tuning it on multiple bands using
	a matchbox/tuner device.

Based on what Mike already said:

His doublet is approximately .5 wavelength on 160 meters, consisting of 
two identical 131 ft long conductive bilaterally symmetrical elements 
made of metal wires, with opposing voltages, fed with 170 ft (+/-) of 
600 ohm open transmission line.

N'est ce pas ?
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On 10/15/2013 2:11 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On 10/14/2013 2:52 PM, Mike Bryce wrote:
>> The antenna is a doublet
>
> Please define what you mean by a "doublet."  When I started in ham radio
> 58 years ago, that was a dipole made out of 300 ohm twin lead, with one
> side broken at the center and connected to another piece of 300 ohm line
> that went to the shack.  Is that what you have?
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