Antennas are a magical gray world of what makes everyone happy, but they all work a certain scientific way that we cannot change.
The Buddipole, being a shortened and "offset feed" antenna, is going to have a whole lot of feedline radiation and common mode back to the rig. It would take extraordinary efforts to stop the common mode. This does not mean we would always NOTICE the common mode, it just means it would be there. Many times this common mode is how very small antennas get most of their radiation. Some people will love them, some will hate them, mostly because of the things we don't even realize are affecting the performance. The proper way to tune one is to tune the antenna for lowest SWR with the tuner off at the desired frequency, and then use the tuner for touch-up only. 73 Tom ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
