----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Christensen" <[email protected]> To: "Elecraft Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:12 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT Wet 450 ohm ladder line
> And my vote for the best "all purpose" HF antenna of all > time. Nearly an > entire book on transmission line theory and antenna > radiation behavior can > be learned just by understanding the mechanics of the > W5DXP antenna. > > Paul, W9AC Back when Cecil was still W6RCA, and living here in Arizona, many of us got to see his rather ingenious arrangement first hand. I think it may have been at Ft. Tuthill. And a picture was worth a thousand words, as it sounded more complicated than it really was if he just described it to you verbally. The trick was to adjust the length of the feedline to eliminate any stray RF problems, which can frequently occur on one band or another when using balanced line. Cecil's system works like a charm, and is really worth looking into if you want to multi-band with a minimum of oddball issues. Dave W7AQK ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
