I've heard good things about folded dipoles made with ladder line. Go for it.
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I've heard good things about folded dipoles made with ladder line. Go for it.
OK. Let's look at the numbers for the folded dipole for 160m. 125.5 + 125.5 while theoretically is a half wavelength when added together, will it resonate the way I hope it will in this configuration?
Resonance is over-rated.Quote:
Originally Posted by KG4CGC
Get as much wire as you can fit in the space allotted, feed it with ladder line, and put the fscking thing up. You're dragging this out far too much, IMO.
To paraphrase Voltaire, "Don't let perfect be the enemy of good enough."
There is rope on the trees! I'm making progress!
Dragging it out? Yeah, I have some of those messed up head characteristics where I can keep running the same idea in my head while making slight changes and looking at the outcome but, the proper outcome depends on the proper input. It keeps me in dopamine.
Complete agreement with that! Just get it up. Not only does "resonance" mean diddly when you're feeding with balanced line, even with a "resonant" dipole fed with coax you can never predict the length from formulas, so you're gonna have to prune it anyway. Just make sure you make it too long to start with.Quote:
Originally Posted by KJ3N
OK. Like I said OTA, by the end of the week.
The only good reason to delay putting up an antenna is to wait for bad enough wx. It's a known, proven scientific fact that antennas that are put up in the dead of winter, preferably during an ice storm will work much, much better and last much, much longer than those put up in warm dry wx.
It's been my experience that scheduling a day to put up an antenna, especially if you've asked friends to come over to help, will inevitably bring on inclement weather.
Tis easier to pull kinks and knots through bare branches with a little wet on them than full foliage. I was approaching the limits of 30# test pulling the rope back through. LOL!
One of the reasons I've spent so much time thinking about this is because it will be the biggest wire antenna project for me to date, as well as the highest.
8' surf rod has been much more successful for me than the slingshot of yore!
I have a good recipe for red drum if you come across any.