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HOA Antenna (#1258)
Ralph, KJ7BRZ, lives in an HOA. His roof is large enough for a 40/20 meter fan dipole with nonconductive shingles. He askes if moving the antenna from the fence to the roof would be a good idea or should the antenna be insulated from the roof.
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Excess Wire (Short #56)
@joshsimon3119 is wondering what would happen if excess wire is spooled at the end of a dipole. Watch to see Dave’s answer!
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#dipole
#end fed dipole
#mag loop
#magnetic loop antennas
To learn more about me, visit: https://dcasler.com
To support my channel financially, visit: https://dcasler.com/support (offers several options)
To pose an Ask Dave question, email to askdave@arrl.org. Feel free to include pictures or drawings to help clarify. I may answer your question directly, via an Ask Dave video, or in my monthly column "Ask Dave" in QST.
Theme music is "Sour Tennessee Red," by John Deley and the 41 Players, courtesy YouTube Music Library. You can listen to the entire song here: https://youtu.be/Vfc9sAQjJtc
I use drawings from OpenClipArt.org, including the "walking man"
Thanks to my sweet wife, Loretta, KBØVWW, for both audio and video assistance! (Her website is www.aldea-art.com.)
My primary website: http://www.dcasler.com
My publishing website: http://www.mtsneffelspress.com, where you can find my fantasy and science fiction books.
My Amazon author page, which lists my print and Kindle books: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00471I0Q4.
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