[TenTec] It's getting cold. Perfect antenna weather for a OCF dipole

[Tony]

I have a double extended Zepp fed with ladder line and a Ten-Tec 238-B tuner and it works GREAT. I can use it on all HF bands.
73, Tony VE3DWI.

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  Original Message  
From: Rob Atkinson
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2015 10:52
To: tentec at contesting.com
Reply To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] It's getting cold. Perfect antenna weather for a OCF dipole

>I do NOT recommend the use of open wire line as a band-aid for badly matched antennas.


This doesn't change the fact that every shortwave broadcast station in
the world uses open wire line to balanced antennas, usually rhombics
and dipole curtains, for covering multiple assigned frequencies across
HF.

Anyone can use coax for everything and have a dozen dipoles up to
cover HF, but decades of research, and practice based on physics
support the successful and efficient use of balanced open line with
balanced loads and a correctly designed genuinely balanced matching
network.

73

Rob
K5UJ
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