[UK-CONTEST] Inverted V help

[Ian White, G3SEK]

Alex Allan wrote:

>I agree with Stuart, omit the balun and try to resonate the dipole on it's
>own.  Provided non of the folded bits are at an acute angle to the main run
>(i.e. not less than 90 deg) I would expect to get it resonant and less than
>2:1.

But having got the dipole resonant, consider putting the balun back, 
because the bent and folded wires make the whole thing a strong 
candidate for feedline radiation.

According to your tests, your existing balun looks dodgy. A coiled-coax 
balun is so simple, it can't go far wrong - for 80m, about 20ft of coax 
in 6-8 flat turns (according to the ARRL Antenna Handbook).

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73 from Ian G3SEK         'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB)
                            Editor, 'The VHF/UHF DX Book'
http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek