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The Doublet-an old but good multi-ban single dipole antenna, part 1

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If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA4loiihJwE .  This is post 2247 in a continuing series of simple ham radio antennas. One of the best all-around HF antennas is the multi-band doublet. The antenna is simple, inexpensive, and covers several HF bands with the aid of a parallel feed line and a balanced antenna "tuner." In this well-made video, Kevin Loughin (KB9RLW) presents a two-part series on the theory, design, construction, and use of this versatile antenna. Here are some of Kevin's remarks: "One of the antennas I've wanted to play with for awhile. In this video, we look at the antenna and it's design, and then my build of the antenna. In part 2, we'll look at it's performance and try it out on the air. Link to web site mentioned in the vid: http://webclass.org/k5ijb/antennas/Al... Link to the PDF mentioned: http://www.orarc.net/MultibandCenterf