[TowerTalk] Fwd: balanced line loss on a mismatched antenna

[Jim Lux]

On 3/1/12 12:31 AM, Steve Hunt wrote:
> The ARRL Antenna Book has a section on "Resonance in Guy Wires" which
> includes a chart of lengths to avoid for the eight HF amateur bands.
>   From that chart, 26ft would be a **good choice** to avoid problems on
> every band except 17m.
>
> I've no idea where N2IC got the idea that 26ft would cause "major
> pattern distortion" on 20m, 15m and 10m!
>

Just getting it flipped around.