I took down the alpha delta dx-dd and the homebrew G5RV, and put up an 80 and 40 meter dipole fed with the same coax.
Keeping them from twisting up was a chore, what with them getting snagged in the smaller trees on the way up. Anyway, I got it up and put the 756 pro into it, and tuned across 80 and 40 meters, resonance was at 3750 and 7176, about 1.2 to 1 swr, and broad banded... So I cut a foot off each end of each dipole, and got 3887 and 7500! Quite a jump from 7176 to 7500! Tomorrow I will lower it and solder on some pig tails to the 40 meter section that I can trim without redoing the entire antenna. Seems to work well, on receive anyway, and I will like changing bands without changing antenna's or using a tuner. The 80 meter section goes through the trees and bends down a little, but I used insulated wire. Brett N2DTS ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
