"...Ditch the 43 foot vertical! The 43 foot vertical craze is a joke, as you can see by the figures, Tom, W8JI, gives you in his post showing feedline loss and SWR...."
With a 1:4 unun at the base of the antenna, the VSWR from 40-10 meters is not bad - resulting in minimal coax losses. However, the VSWR on 80 and 160 meters with or without the unun is terrible, and you should match the antenna at the base on those bands. See the "Articles" section at www.ad5x.com for 160/80 meter matching ideas. Phil - AD5X ______________________________________________________________ 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
