Re: Raising a 40m dipole.....It's up! Now what?

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:24:52 -0000, "Dave" <noone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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>"Butch Magee" <lynyrd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:11eipaog7rkfa0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Well, it's up guys! The apex is about 40' and the ends are 28'.
>>> Comparing it to my other antennas I'm seeing about a 1-1/2 to
>>> 2 S unit improvement on 40m and more on the higher bands.
>>>
>>> I did a SWR plot before and after changing it and here's the
>>> sticking point: Before, I had a 2:1 range from 6.900-7.280 and
>>> now I've got 7.000-7.300 but the minimum SWR went from
>>> 1.10:1 to 1.55:1. My Elecraft KAT2 autotuner handles that very
>>> easily but I'm wondering what would happen if I added 12 feet
>>> to my 50' of 450 ohm ladder line? Would the minimum SWR
>>> get better or just move? Or both? Does it really matter? (I don't
>>> think it matters based on what I've read here).
>
>it doesn't matter! get on the air!
>

You're looking at MAYBE a three percent improvement in signal. As the
others have said, it's not broken, so why fix it?


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