N3FJP Antenna Tour - Dipoles & Loops at 6/10 of a Wavelength Work Great!

[@hoselrocket5429]

I run an IC-705 10w and run a 20m dipole at 42' based on your recommendations. I laugh at the signal reports when the other station reports 100w plus, multi element beans or hex beams, and they just gave me an rst higher than I gave them. I have no issue getting into Europe and have 1&3 qso's a week with NZ and or AUS. I'm almost done with my quad loop on 20m and will test it at the same height soon. Thanks for sharing your experiences.

[@chetthomas77]

Thanks !

[@Andy-Cat23]

Thanks for the video! (many moons later) 🙂

[@mikeybugguns]

Nice Antenna Farm. I have used verticals, dipoles, and beams. I'm using a SGC 230 (10-160) and A OCF for (10-160) depending on the direction I want to talk will depend on the antenna I use. they are both at about 30 feet or so. Also have an (A3S) tribander at about 30 feet. Dipole antennas are great, it's a great antenna, I don't care who says they aren't. I have taught ham classes, I tell the students you do what you can with what you have. and most of the time there first antenna is a dipole. I know mine was. Great software, and glad you are always there when we need your help. 73 Mike NY0MN

[@waynethebarber1095]

It's nice to own alot of land with tall trees.

[@d.jensen5153]

Scott, your no-compromise approach is compelling. Thanks for presenting it! For a 20m horizontal dipole (no V) located at 42', would you feed it with 50 Ohm coax or would you use an impedance matching transformer (such as a 12th wavelength)? Would you use a balun (since a dipole is balanced and coax isn't)? Or are these accommodations unnecessary?

[@Affirmatech]

Thanks for your kind words! I always use 50 ohm coax on dipoles, whether V or flat. I am by no means an expert on baluns and can't verify this next piece of information, but I understand that the power loss a balun introduces is about the same as you would pick up in performance, making it a zero sum gain. My dipoles, fed with 50 ohm coax without baluns work really well.

[@d.jensen5153]

@@Affirmatech Thank you! That's just what I wanted to know - what you do. I'm convinced you are addressing the relevant matters, and that's all I want to do. I'm glad to put the matter to bed!

[@anonymous_friend]

Great setup. What kind of coax feed line do you send to the remote box from the shack? You also have to feed it 4 conductor with your feed line to use the remote switch? Lastly, what feed-line did you use from the remote box to the antenna feed point? I might try a similar setup. Adding up my costs first. Thanks for sharing.

[@GScottDavis]

I just use light rotor cable for switch box control.

[@KiloEcho5]

Going to start building loops for 6, 10, 15, and 20m, thank you for the info. 73 de n5xtr

[@GScottDavis]

Joel Bryant Awesome Joel! Please stop back and let me know how you make out!