[TowerTalk] 40-10 meter wire antenna

[Charles Farr]

Since you didn't mention a balun, and I assume you are using one, the 
open wire line will exhibit less loss. That helps. 1.8 dB(what)?

Chuck, W6AJW



On 02/01/2017 09:20 AM, StellarCAT wrote:
> nope!
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> -----Original Message----- From: Dick NY1E
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 6:51 PM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] 40-10 meter wire antenna
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> I'm in a limited space location, I'm looking for a wire antenna to use 
> on 40-10 meters. The handbook says a 40m dipole fed with ladder line 
> will be 2 half waves in phase on 20, and have 1.8 db gain. My coax fed 
> 20m dipole is 10db better than my coax fed 40m dipole on 20, will open 
> wire feeders and a tuner really improve it that much?de Dick NY1E
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