[TowerTalk] Parallel Dipoles.

Tom Osborne w7why at verizon.net
Thu Aug 9 23:04:52 EDT 2007


Hi Barry

I seem to remember an article from CQ way back that said if you make the 40 
meter dipole a little longer on one side than the other, it worked better on 
15.  Can't remember the exact measurements tho.  73
Tom W7WHY




> Interesting topic.
> As the old saying goes, a good dipole is hard to beat.
>
> A 40m dipole approximates 3 1/2 wavelengths on 15m, giving two bands for 
> the
> price of one, if you can tolerate somewhat higher SWR on one of the bands.



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