Brett.... I can't say as far as the 100' dipole is concerned, but I got
an Alpha Delta shortened dipole (60' or 70', I thnnk) a few years back
and was never able to get a decent resonance on any band for which it
was designed. I wrestled with it for a couple of weeks before throwing
in the towel and using a tuner. I put it together very carefully and
double, triple and quadruple checked the dimensions, but no go. You may
have much better results. I only had it up about 35', so that could
have been part of my problem.
Hope this helps...
Rick/K5IZ
Brett gazdzinski wrote:
All this talk about antenna's has me thinking about my setup.
I only have about 100 feet, so something that would work
on 160 and 80 would have to be short.
I used to have a short 80 meter dipole over the
length of the house.
It worked ok, but RF got into everything.
I was thinking about an alpha delta DX LB or DX LB plus.
Its about 100 feet long, has coils (no traps), and I suspect
it would work well 40 through 10, be ok on 80, and
work slightly on 160 if its cut to resonate at say
1880.
Its heavy, but its all band and has no traps to burn out.
I would replace the 40 meter dipole that runs over the house
but at right angles.
Anyone use one?
Being nothing but wire, I suppose it would take the power..
Brett
N2DTS
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