You can now help support WorldwideDX when you shop on Amazon at no additional cost to you! Simply follow this Shop on Amazon link first and a portion of any purchase is sent to WorldwideDX to help with site costs.
The Feb 2025 Radioddity Giveaway Results are In! Click Here to see who won!

Reply to thread

Message

A choke is usually a coil, or it could be a combination of a coil and a capacitor. Being as the flag pole goes straight into the ground it wouldn't be easy to choke it, if at all reasonably possible.

I could potentially see gamma matching work as it lets the main radiator be connected directly to ground.

You would want the feed line to connect 1 1/2 feet up or more depending on how wide the flag pole is, otherwise the antenna will be to long which will cause the antenna to start shooting the RF energy up, this would hurt local communications, although DX may be affected less depending on conditions at the time.

Being at ground level you would want many radials, and even more if they are buried. Make them at least 9' long, even if you have to fold then to fit them in the area of the antenna.

Using a setup like this, I hope you are not at the bottom of a hill.

The DB

<blockquote data-quote="The DB" data-source="post: 395130" data-attributes="member: 21346">A choke is usually a coil, or it could be a combination of a coil and a capacitor.&nbsp; Being as the flag pole goes straight into the ground it wouldn&#039;t be easy to choke it, if at all reasonably possible.I could potentially see gamma matching work as it lets the main radiator be connected directly to ground.You would want the feed line to connect 1 1/2 feet up or more depending on how wide the flag pole is, otherwise the antenna will be to long which will cause the antenna to start shooting the RF energy up, this would hurt local communications, although DX may be affected less depending on conditions at the time.Being at ground level you would want many radials, and even more if they are buried.&nbsp; Make them at least 9&#039; long, even if you have to fold then to fit them in the area of the antenna.Using a setup like this, I hope you are not at the bottom of a hill.The DB</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The DB, post: 395130, member: 21346"] A choke is usually a coil, or it could be a combination of a coil and a capacitor. Being as the flag pole goes straight into the ground it wouldn't be easy to choke it, if at all reasonably possible. I could potentially see gamma matching work as it lets the main radiator be connected directly to ground. You would want the feed line to connect 1 1/2 feet up or more depending on how wide the flag pole is, otherwise the antenna will be to long which will cause the antenna to start shooting the RF energy up, this would hurt local communications, although DX may be affected less depending on conditions at the time. Being at ground level you would want many radials, and even more if they are buried. Make them at least 9' long, even if you have to fold then to fit them in the area of the antenna. Using a setup like this, I hope you are not at the bottom of a hill. The DB [/QUOTE]

Top Bottom