"There is much pleasure in useless knowledge." — Bertrand Russell
Measurements of my 40m dipole…
February 8, 2010 | Amateur Radio | By: Mark VandeWettering
I hooked up my MFJ antenna analyzer to my dipole, and wrote down the R and X measurements (resistance and reactive impedances) from 7.0 to 7.35Mhz. WIthout further comment, here is the graph.
I’m Mark VandeWettering, former senior technical director for Pixar Animation Studios, and (for the moment I’m a husband and father and grandfather. I like telescope making, radio, and all sorts of other things.
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