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Reply To: | Mike Duke, K5XU |
Date: | Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:00:53 -0500 |
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As a Novice, and for the first year or so as a General in 1969 and 70, my
antenna for 40 meters was a folded dipole that was made and fed with 300 ohm
tv line. It was installed flat, at 30 feet.
I was using a Johnson Viking Ranger transmitter, which would load into
nearly anything.
My receive antenna was a window screen, so I can't address the receiver
noise question.
What I can tell you is that I have never had another 40 meter antenna that
played any better on transmit as determined by signal reports at similar
power levels.
As recently as last summer, I debated installing another one just like it.
The reason I didn't was that due to power lines, I couldn't run it as a flat
top, which is how a folded dipole needs to be installed.
Mike Duke, K5XU
American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs
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