Does the choke cause a significant sag in the antenna? For 40m maybe
not; my 80m dipole with a choke looks like a V antenna, and I'm
reluctant to increase the tension in the support ropes to the point
where the the antenna starts to flatten out.
...robert
On 6 Jul 2021 02:30, Jim Brown wrote:
An important part of the antenna system is a serious common mode choke
at the feedpoint if each antenna, so that current coupled from the
feedline doesn't fill in the antenna's nulls.
73, Jim K9YC
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