The Multi-Dipole: An Economical Multi-Band Wire Antenna
Article by Lew McCoy W1ICP on designing and installing multi-dipole antennas for amateur radio. Covers half-wave dipole formula, impedance principles, SWR considerations, wire selection, invisible antennas, flat cable configurations, bandwidth issues on 80m and 160m bands, practical construction methods, and vertical antenna variants. Includes frequency tables for dipole lengths from 160m to 10m bands and circuit diagrams.
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