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Hello Moleculo:

Look at your Alpha Delta Dipole Antenna Coils; is there a Capacitor inside the coil assembly? Making it a tuned trap? Or is it just a Coil. Again the Antenna Analyzer connected to the coil would tell you this by being resonate somewhere in the 40 meter band. But you would have to disconnect from the antenna. What I am thinking is that, is it possible for my Alpha Delta Antenna to not have the capacitors in the coils, as it was only 20 dollars at the TRW Swap Meet, causing me more grief that I deserve?

I bought a 500 Ft Roll of 12 gauge stranded insulated copper wire from Home Depot some time ago at a real reduced price. I don't think they understood just how low the price was, but us you can imagine they said the price was good to go. Ok then.......

I agree with Doc in using a long Dipole Antenna that is feed with open type Ladder line, or Balance Transmission Line, being feed by an Antenna Tuner. But I don't got no Antenna Tuner that will take legal limit and tune insane SWR ratios. So maybe I need to build one with all the other work I need to do. Or even buy one.

Yeah its raining here to in the Mojave Desert, kind of puts the kibosh on antenna work. But I think it would be ok for you to measure those coils. (humor)

Jay in the Great Mojave Desert, ....just down the road ah ways from the fillin station

<blockquote data-quote="Jay in the Mojave" data-source="post: 120650" data-attributes="member: 120">Hello Moleculo:Look at your Alpha Delta Dipole Antenna Coils; is there a Capacitor inside the coil assembly? Making it a tuned trap? Or is it just a Coil. Again the Antenna Analyzer connected to the coil would tell you this by being resonate somewhere in the 40 meter band. But you would have to disconnect from the antenna. What I am thinking is that, is it possible for my Alpha Delta Antenna to not have the capacitors in the coils, as it was only 20 dollars at the TRW Swap Meet, causing me more grief that I deserve?I bought a 500 Ft Roll of 12 gauge stranded insulated copper wire from Home Depot some time ago at a real reduced price. I don&#039;t think they understood just how low the price was, but us you can imagine they said the price was good to go. Ok then.......I agree with Doc in using a long Dipole Antenna that is feed with open type Ladder line, or Balance Transmission Line, being feed by an Antenna Tuner. But I don&#039;t got no Antenna Tuner that will take legal limit and tune insane SWR ratios. So maybe I need to build one with all the other work I need to do. Or even buy one. Yeah its raining here to in the Mojave Desert, kind of puts the kibosh on antenna work. But I think it would be ok for you to measure those coils. (humor)Jay in the Great Mojave Desert, ....just down the road ah ways from the fillin station</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jay in the Mojave, post: 120650, member: 120"] Hello Moleculo: Look at your Alpha Delta Dipole Antenna Coils; is there a Capacitor inside the coil assembly? Making it a tuned trap? Or is it just a Coil. Again the Antenna Analyzer connected to the coil would tell you this by being resonate somewhere in the 40 meter band. But you would have to disconnect from the antenna. What I am thinking is that, is it possible for my Alpha Delta Antenna to not have the capacitors in the coils, as it was only 20 dollars at the TRW Swap Meet, causing me more grief that I deserve? I bought a 500 Ft Roll of 12 gauge stranded insulated copper wire from Home Depot some time ago at a real reduced price. I don't think they understood just how low the price was, but us you can imagine they said the price was good to go. Ok then....... I agree with Doc in using a long Dipole Antenna that is feed with open type Ladder line, or Balance Transmission Line, being feed by an Antenna Tuner. But I don't got no Antenna Tuner that will take legal limit and tune insane SWR ratios. So maybe I need to build one with all the other work I need to do. Or even buy one. Yeah its raining here to in the Mojave Desert, kind of puts the kibosh on antenna work. But I think it would be ok for you to measure those coils. (humor) Jay in the Great Mojave Desert, ....just down the road ah ways from the fillin station [/QUOTE]

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