[VHFcontesting] tuning a 6M plumbers delight dipole fed with a current balun

Mike (KA5CVH) Urich mike at ka5cvh.com
Sat Aug 10 14:57:17 EDT 2019


On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 1:38 PM Mike & Becca Krzystyniak <k9mk at flash.net> wrote:

>       Also there is ~2-3" of tube burried inside the plastic insulator
> sandwiched in element to boom

Mike wrote and asks

Its been my experience once you get into 50 MHz and better, how and
where you take measurements from and to makes a big difference in the
outcome of your project.

Are you including this 2-3" in you overall length because that is more
than enough to push you down 5 MHz from your projected dip.

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