[TowerTalk] Vertcal Dipole

[K0PYK]

Pete,
Thanks for the reply. I will try and draw a picture.



  ----------   1/4 wl
  ----------*---------------  14 guage top half
  ----------*---------------*----------------
  Coax Feed  ---------------      1/4 wl
              Coax for bottom
              half of vert 
              dipole

# * are connection points
# Feed coax center conductor is connected to outside
braid of bottom half.
# Feed coax braid is connected center conductor of
coax for bottom half of dipole and then is connected
to 14 guage top half of dipole.

Hope this helps.
Tom, K0PYK




--- Pete Smith <n4zr at contesting.com> wrote:

> At 06:28 AM 10/17/2004, you wrote:
> >* the bottom half of vertical dipole would be the
> >outside braid of the coax.
> >* the bottom half of the dipole would be fed from
> the
> >bottom and end where the top half starts.
> 
> 
> I don't fully understand this part -- would you cut
> the braid 1/4 
> wavelength below the top of the coax?  How would you
> get the voltage from 
> the center conductor out to the braid?  Or were you
> thinking about feeding 
> it from the braid side?
> 
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> 
> 
> 



		
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