[TowerTalk] 40-30m dipole design - GOALS

jimlux jimlux at earthlink.net
Fri Mar 18 09:05:04 EDT 2016


On 3/18/16 5:49 AM, N1BUG wrote:
> On 03/18/2016 06:27 AM, Tod wrote:
>> Paul, what is the point of this speculation? A single antenna
>> that covers two bands? A rotary antenna for 40 and 30?
>
> Both. I should have specified my goals.
>
> I am a DXer first, contester second. Currently I have a 40 meter
> inverted V, apex at 70 feet and 30 meter inverted V, apex at 80 feet.
> Here is what I would like to achieve:
>
<snip>

How about using a tuner to feed your 40m full size dipole on 30? I can't 
get W9CF's tool to run (curse the latest Java release from Sun), so I 
can't get a quick read on the tuner loss, but it should work fairly well



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