Hello all, I have a question and I want to run this by the brain trust to see if I'm right.
Say I have a dipole with flex weave elements that are each 8 feet long. If I take the last foot of each element and fold it back on itself and secure with miracle tape, electrical tape or tie wraps, is the electrical length of each element now 7 feet? The reason why I'm asking is that a friend of mine has a 40m dipole and I want to help him tune the antenna, but I don't want to cut anything just yet, and I wanted to know if I could make it 'electrically' shorter via the method outlined above. Thanks in advance everyone! 73, Rob, KC5RET ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information of Cameron and its Operating Divisions. Any unauthorized use or disclosure is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and delete and destroy all copies of the original message inclusive of any attachments. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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