[BVARC] Naked wire dipole

ralph phillips ke5hdf at sbcglobal.net
Thu Apr 22 12:21:24 CDT 2021


I agree the antenna should not touch any other object.
A curious study at my shack... I have an 80m inverted V running from house to the 2 back corners of my yard.  One near one corner is a latch of banana plants.  I cut them to the ground after the any freeze and have a nice swr.  As they grow my swr changes and I retune after a month.  The capacitance of a plant full of water off the side of the wire has a major impact.
The same will be true for any vegetation or other obstruction

Ralph KE5HDF

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