[TowerTalk] Cutting a dipole

[john at kk9a.com]

The resonant frequency and the impedance will go up if it remained a 
straight dipole.  Tuning it at 8 feet high is a waste of time.

John KK9A


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Subject:[TowerTalk] Cutting a dipole
From:"James Setzler" <jms_k1sd at verizon.net>
Date:Wed, 04 Sep 2013 18:32:38 -0400
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Greetings



I should know this but I've not made too many dipoles.



While it is hanging at 8 feet so I can get to it, I've cut a 40 m dipole to
the frequency I want.  When I raise the apex to 65 feet as an inverted V,
how will the resonance frequency change?



    73 James K1SD