[TowerTalk] one 80m dipole for 3.5 through 4.0

[Jim]

What about a "bazooka antenna" ??  Any thoughts on one of these ??

Anyone ?.............................Anyone ?.................



Thanks, Jim W7RY




-----Original Message-----
From: Bob - KF9YH <kf9yh@netnitco.net>
To: brunet@us.ibm.com <brunet@us.ibm.com>; towertalk@contesting.com
<towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Friday, October 08, 1999 4:28 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] one 80m dipole for 3.5 through 4.0


>
>> Are their designs for 80m dipoles covering 3.5 through 4.0 preferably
>without a
>> trip to the antenna?  Sounds like the search for the holy grail.  Some
>ideas:
>>
>> 1) a pair of dipoles with one feedpoint, one cut for each end of the band
>>
>> I suspect this doesn't work since I have never seen it written about or
>used.
>
>
>Pete, I use 4 dipoles for 40 & 75/80 meters, all with one feedline.
>I have one cut for each part of each band at: 7.04, 7.23, 3.60, and
>3.85 mhz. They are fed with one length of 9913, up about 50 feet.
>They perform right where they should. You do have to keep them
>fanned out and not parallel to each other, from my experience.
>
>Bob - KF9YH
>
>
>
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