I’ve been running a 80-10 off center fed dipole with the feed point at 45’ for a few years. I’ve been thinking of switching to a fan dipole. The ocfd is fine just wondering if a fan would be better. Any opinions on a difference between the two? Is one better than the other?
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Ofcd vs fan dipole. Opinions?
- Thread starter nfsus
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fan dipole installed correctly works pretty good.
solar cycle is running strong now so about anything that will lump a signal out will work.
With a fan you can tailor where the antenna is resonant at for what portion of the band you want to work.
OCF you sort of use what you have a touch up with tuner.
OCF is easier to build and install.
Fan is of course multiband direct fed no tuner required,,sort of.
PIA to tune.
transmits lobes same as a typical dipole if installed at least 1/2 wl agl.
Build one and have fun.
solar cycle is running strong now so about anything that will lump a signal out will work.
With a fan you can tailor where the antenna is resonant at for what portion of the band you want to work.
OCF you sort of use what you have a touch up with tuner.
OCF is easier to build and install.
Fan is of course multiband direct fed no tuner required,,sort of.
PIA to tune.
transmits lobes same as a typical dipole if installed at least 1/2 wl agl.
Build one and have fun.