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Multi band fan dipole, does not need an antenna tuner, build a resonant antenna and save the expense of an antenna tuner.

I tried the all band doublet and it does work, but with a fan dipole YOU control the direction of the pattern of the antenna, thus you can decide what part of the world you would like to make contacts to.

The all band doublet, is a dipole on the lowest frequency and as you move up the bands the doublet starts having lobes and nulls in the radiation pattern so the antenna controls where you make contacts to.

To me the best part of the hobby is playing with antennas. So build all you want make some contacts and see which best suits you.

[QUOTE="wavrider, post: 484782, member: 9893"] Multi band fan dipole, does not need an antenna tuner, build a resonant antenna and save the expense of an antenna tuner. I tried the all band doublet and it does work, but with a fan dipole YOU control the direction of the pattern of the antenna, thus you can decide what part of the world you would like to make contacts to. The all band doublet, is a dipole on the lowest frequency and as you move up the bands the doublet starts having lobes and nulls in the radiation pattern so the antenna controls where you make contacts to. To me the best part of the hobby is playing with antennas. So build all you want make some contacts and see which best suits you. [/QUOTE]

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