Timeline for answer to Advice on constructing half wave dipole with reduced velocity factor for site that is not quite big enough? by hobbs - KC2G
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| Sep 27, 2023 at 0:13 | comment | added | user10489 | Most of the 160m coils I've seen were closer to 12" in diameter. Lots of turns of magnet wire around a bucket... 50 ft of magnet wire around a bucket doesn't seem like that much. | |
| Sep 25, 2023 at 1:39 | comment | added | hobbs - KC2G | (A 53m-long antenna for 160m would need a pair of roughly 23uH inductors if they were right at the center, or 125uH if they were at the 80% point. 125uH is a lot of coil — as in, 40 to 50 feet of wire on a 4 to 6 inch diameter form.) | |
| Sep 25, 2023 at 1:28 | history | answered | hobbs - KC2G | CC BY-SA 4.0 |