I have had two fan dipole in use maybe 15-20 years ago, before the time of widespread use of auto tuners. One was a commercial model, with the various lengths of wire on each side of the center insulator spaced about an inch apart (spacers were used). I did not have so much success with it. The other was homebrew, with 3 dipoles sharing the same center insulator and coax, but each going in different directions with the trees available. It was a great antenna that gave me good performance with low swr on my bands of interest without need for a tuner. Currently my most often used antenna is a dipole fed with ladder line. The ladder line connects to a balun and a short piece of coax to the radio with built in tuner. This setup tunes well but seems to pick up noise from the house. I should probably use more coax to get the ladder line a bit away from the house. I also have a vertical with decent radial system, coax fed, a fair distance from the house (>100 feet) that picks up much less noise from the house. I do think the dipole works better than the vertical, at least for transmitting. 73 - Mike WA8BXN ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
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