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We had a discussion on tonight's 80 meter net, I had been looking at HF folded dipole designs, and spotted what looked like a 3 wire folded dipole antenna in one of the pictures posted by Geoff VK3FTRK, Les VK3TEX caught on to what I was looking at and identified it as a Bushcomm.
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The Bushcomm BBA 100 was the inspiration for this design by KA2UFO.
I downloaded this PDF from http://hflink.com/antenna/ A great site for HF antenna ideas.
Here is a bit of an overview of the design
The overall length of each half is 27*0.5 = 13.5 meters. I think I can fit this with room to spare. If might try for 160 meters, that would be 54*0.5 = 27 meters per leg I might have to sling one end over the neighbours tree, or nail something to the power pole down the street.
Also attached is the design notes and general comments.
Now read on...
The Bushcomm BBA 100 was the inspiration for this design by KA2UFO.
I downloaded this PDF from http://hflink.com/antenna/ A great site for HF antenna ideas.
Here is a bit of an overview of the design
The overall length of each half is 27*0.5 = 13.5 meters. I think I can fit this with room to spare. If might try for 160 meters, that would be 54*0.5 = 27 meters per leg I might have to sling one end over the neighbours tree, or nail something to the power pole down the street.
Also attached is the design notes and general comments.
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