[TowerTalk] 80 meter dipole

[David Gilbert]

You didn't say how long the coax is.  It makes a difference.

Dave   AB7E



On 7/20/2014 5:36 PM, Tom Osborne wrote:
> I recently put up a dipole for 80 and used some RG-6 CATV coax to feed 
> it.  Good news is that I cut it for 3550 and the SWR is about 1.3:1 
> there.  Bad news is that it stays pretty much the same all the way up 
> the band.
>
> Is the wide bandwildth because the coax is so lossy?  It is the double 
> shielded stuff with 2-layers of foil and 1-layer of braid. 73
> Tom W7WHY
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