Keeping Your Dipole Well Fed

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This post 2607 in a continuing series of simple ham radio antennas.

A good, basic discussion of how dipole antennas work and some of the misconceptions surrounding this "classic" HF antenna.

Dave Casler (KE0OG) does an excellent job of showing us the advantages and disadvantages of using a variety of dipole antenna configurations.

Here are some comment from Dave:

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