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Old 12-14-2014, 06:30 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by k3mp View Post
Now if you would have off center fed the wire, you would be good for 40 and 15 without a tuner....not quite sure what the tuner would do for you on the other bands
Not correct (Well correct but for the wrong reasons)

A regular 40 meter dipole is 1/4 wave length each side of center on 40
It is also 3/4 each side of center on 15, And thus works just fine.

Dipoles (Center fed) are resonate on every odd harmonic of the design frequency (IE: 40 meters, 40/3 (Which is not 15 but as it turns out is) 40/5 40/7 and so on,
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