[TowerTalk] Liberal Arts Question - More Info about Dipole Antenna

[Lee Buller]

As per my previous post.....on my Inverted Vee Dipole.....
   
  I borrowed a MFJ 259 (Plain Model) and measured the antenna from the Shack end.
   
  Resonate Freq = 7030 or so
  SWR is 1.5:1
  Resistance is about 28 ohms
   
  When I install the antenna  through through the BW Switch, PalStar Tuner (Direct), the SWR Bridge, the AL80A and to the end of the coax going into the PROII... I get the following reading.
   
  Resonate Freq = 6.968
  SWR 1.6:1
  Resistance is about 45 ohms.
   
  HMMMM.....so what can you swamis - gurus - experts - science types tell me about that.  Obviously, I am adding coax and a whole lot of other junk in line.  It looks like the antenna is plenty long....and it never makes 50 ohms....nor does it make 70 ohms as some have suggested.
   
  Lee Buller - K0WA
  "They did not have antenna theory in my Liberal Arts Major"