[TowerTalk] 40/80m dipole

Tom Osborne w7why at verizon.net
Wed Mar 24 21:02:37 PDT 2010


Right.  And, bandwidth will be a lot better with the parallel dipoles. 
Sometimes, shortening a dipole can really make them kinda narrow.  73 and GL
Tom W7WHY


> Dan:
>
>     I concur with Don's recommendation about using two dipoles on the same
> feedline.  I used this arrangement (with a third dipole for 20M) during my
> Novice days and it worked well for me.  The non-resonant dipoles aren't 
> even
> seen by the one your operating on.  Just leave enough wire at the ends of
> each dipole for trimming.
>
> 73 de
> Gene Smar  AD3F



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