Thursday, May 18, 2017

15, 10 and 6 Meter Fan Dipole

I have just about completed the fan  dipole for 15, 10 and 6 meters.   I haven't had an antenna on 10 and 15 since last fall and I have never operated on 6 meters.     There was quite a bit of fussing to get teh design down  but I think I have the final configuration in place and have it reasonably tuned.    The antenna is up about 30 feet and runs in an East - West direction.     I need to replace the string with Antenna Rope and may add a counterweight for tree swing or I may just leave enough slack for the movement.  

Tuning as of this post ....
Freq     VSWR 
21.0 -  1.4:1
21.2 - 1:1
21.45 - 1:1 

28.0 - 2.2:1
28.5 - 1.5:1
29.0 - 1.2 :1 
29.5 - 2:1
29.7 - 2.1:1

50.0 - 1.6:1
50.4 - 1:1
50.8 - 1.4:1
51.2 -  2.3:1

Looks to be tuned about right....low end of 10 is  a bit high but the rigs antenna tuner should take care of the match quiet nicely.  

First contact with this antenna was on 15m  



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