Hi, Terry, did you ever get that folded dipole SWR issue sorted out? Gus K5GMB
On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 4:12 PM terry leatherland via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > TO: Rick W5RH. Since you are the antenna guru, I have a question that > might be of interest to all. > > As you know , I spent some time this past year perfecting some HOA stealth > antennas in the back of my house in the creek/levi zone. > Both are wires. One is a B&W Folded ALL band dipole that has very old > stainless steel naked wire I pieced back to together (prototype). > It was working great with 1.5 swr across the spectrum on all bands. > > However now that Spring is here, the trees have managed to encroach on the > gap I had it running thru for 1/2 of one leg. > I noticed this weekend and last night on the 80M net that SWR has jumped > up to 3'ish. > > Question: does bark touching naked dipole wires create a grounding effect? > If yes, then I think I will re-wire it with insulated wire. > > If no, then I need to look elsewhere. > > Any words of wisdom other than to cut the small branches in the gap that > is encroaching? Except that they are 20-25 ft up and I need to make an > extension on my pole limb snipper. Thats probably the easiest 1st step. :-) > > Terry > > Terry Leatherland, K5PGF > 281-455-8090 > Sugar Land, Tx > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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