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title: Homebrew 20m Dipole
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date: 2023-04-23T08:51:00+02:00
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#- amateur-radio
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#- homebrew
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#- dipole
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Beside some other little tryouts this is probably the first
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antenna that I built myself. It works without a tuner (depending
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on the actual position of the antenna).
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My first contact with this antenna was into Israel (~2629 km) with my
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older FT-891. It was contest time and I actually replied to a contest
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station because I thought nobody would hear me because of my crappy
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antenna but I found myself picked up by that contest station from Israel.
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The resulting report of _59_ would not mean anything but at least I knew
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the antenna was working just fine.
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I got a SWR of about 1:1 (1.02) when I measured the antenna in an L
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configuration -- approx. 1-1.5m above the ground.
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title: Homebrew dipole for 20m
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summary: This is my non-plus-ultra antenna. Often used at home.
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date: 2023-04-23T08:51:00+02:00
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coverCaption: Homebrew dipole for the 20m band made from 1.5mm² speaker cable
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lastmod: 2024-02-24T21:28:39+0000
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#categories:
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#- amateur-radio
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#tags:
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#- homebrew
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#- dipole
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# showDate: false
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showReadingTime: false
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showWordCount: false
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# feed_exclude: true
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# site_exclude: true
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draft: true
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I am very happy with this antenna -- it is very compact when fold together
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and also quite compact when hung from on a mast. It takes about 5m into one
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direction and about 6m up on the mast.
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There is one disadvantage of this antenna: it is only for one frequency, but
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I usually achieve an SWR of about 1:1.1 instantly when I deploy this antenna
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at home in my garden.
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I made my fist SSB QSO with this antenna into Israel (about 2600km) with a
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Yaesu FT-891.
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Most of my Winlink sessions from home include this antenna as it takes minimal
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space and I work a winlink gateway in France or the Netherlands quickly (they
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respond often within the first request).
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