Finally got my 6m dipole working with a -43 voltage balun. Since I mistakenly cut it a little too short all those months ago, it resonated at the upper end of the 6m band, so I had to tack on a tiny loading coil to add some inductance and bring the resonant frequency down to where I wanted.
The unfortunate thing is that the loading coil also significantly cut the bandwidth of the antenna + voltage balun. At some point, I'll build a new dipole and not cut it as much. :P
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Unknown parent • •That would work well if I had a wire dipole, but this one is comprised of painted copper pipe.
When I do make the new dipole, I plan on having bolt holes on the outer ends so I can attach stuff like additional length for 10m (probably with a trap) and capacitive hats. :3
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