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Longwire and Diople optimal lengths.

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2022 12:10 pm
by admin
There are lots of sources for this info, but here are some that seem close to the mark:
Starting out simple:

End-fed longwire, 9:1 unun and recommended feedline lengths -good and to avoid.
LongWireLength.pdf
LongWireLength_Unun.pdf
Dipole lengths are given in this table:
dipole_wire_length.pdf
And that popular Windom:
windom_dipole_howto.pdf
For completeness, two commercial examples:
Bullet-End-Fed-Antenna-Notes.pdf
Buckmaster_ocfd.pdf

If you prefer to design your own antennas with a computer model, the grand-daddy of them all is EZNEC, available for free download at:
https://www.softpedia.com/get/Science-CAD/EZNEC.shtml
Be aware that this is a perfectly functional download, but if you want updates etc. (details at this link), you need to part with $99. -Or use a totally free older version.
Runs on all modern versions of Windows, and also Wine for Linux.