[TowerTalk] Dipole fed with balanced line?

[Hank Garretson]

Antennas like this do not have to be precisely tuned.


100% correct.


> 135', 130', 125' all will give essentially the same performance.   100'
> will give a slightly reduced performance on 80m.
>

100 feet will give essentially the same performance as 135, 130, or 125
feet, just squirt the RF in different directions. By "same performance," I
mean the same total amount of RF energy will be radiated.

73,

Hank, W6SX

Mammoth Lakes, California

Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light