No antenna is perfectly balanced in real life. I have had the same
experience and noted no operation problem.
Healthfully yours,
Don W4BWS
----- Original Message -----
From: "david knepper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 6:57 PM
Subject: [AMRadio] Antenna current
> I just built a Zepp antenna with tuned feeders: length of antenna is 247
> feet with 45 feet of feedline using 5 inch spreaders.
>
> Why am I getting more antenna current in one lead than the other? I
> inserted an RF meter in each feedline before the antenna tuner. I believe
> that the current was about 1.5 and 1.7 R.F. ampere respectively at 3.870
> Mhz.
>
> Thank you
>
> Dave, W3ST/W3CRA
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