No. Just coax, balun, wire, balun, coax, balun, wire.Quote:
Originally Posted by K7SGJ
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No. Just coax, balun, wire, balun, coax, balun, wire.Quote:
Originally Posted by K7SGJ
Just FWIW...the pattern of a full-size 80M doublet is probably "cloverleafed" enough by 20M that a separate antenna for the higher bands in a different direction is unnecessary. Been a while since I've seen the NEC plots, but W4RNL did a good write-up on it, including takeoff angles and all that good shit.
But hey, my antenna modeling procedure consists of throwing the longest hunk of wire I can find and throwing it into them yonder trees, and seeing if the autotuner will like it.
What he said, but with a manual tuner. By the way, it's BALUM. Don't you listen to 2 meter?Quote:
Originally Posted by KG4NEL
Or its closely-related cousin, the Umum.
As in "Umum, that sammich is fiiiiiiiiiine".
Don't say that! Are you trying to bring the wrath of Dr. Chippy upon us?Quote:
Originally Posted by K7SGJ