John - KD5YI wrote:
On 4/6/2011 2:51 PM, John - KD5YI wrote:
On 4/6/2011 6:28 AM, Cecil Moore wrote:
On Apr 6, 5:56 am, wrote:
What SWR reading could I expect to see from this antenna if I tried
to use it at 21.300 mhz........in the same environment as stated
above?

EZNEC sez 11:1 with a feedpoint impedance of 100-j200 ohms.
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73, Cecil, w5dxp.com

Hey Cecil -

I got:

Impedance = 85.26 - J 186.3 ohms
SWR (50 ohm system) = 10.337 (75 ohm system) = 7.308

Let's see if we can determine why they don't match.

I adjusted the wire length for no reactance at 7.2 MHz.
I used 99 segments of #14 wire. I did not include insulation effects.

How about yours?

John

Oops! I just noticed that I had zero wire resistance. Changed it to
copper but only got a slight change:

Impedance = 87.47 - J 184 ohms
SWR (50 ohm system) = 9.960 (75 ohm system) = 7.042



If you tune it down a bit so you resonate at perhaps 7.15, then the
third harmonic will be closer to 21.3. It's a dipole, so not real high
Q, particularly on the fundamental, so maybe what you do is go for a
compromise tuning.. A bit low on 40 and a bit high on 15.