if you don't mind mentioning here, how far are you from Harrisburg PA (roughly) ? Don't mention your exact location, just a rough estimate will suffice..
I live about 700 miles northwest of Harrisburg... near a particularly windy city. I think it's still worth giving the old girl a spin on my mast
Hey Tester !
Very cool ! I agree, I think you should be fine using that antenna at your location in spite of the wind, My antennas have survived some really intense, 65+ MPH wind gusts when they occur from time to time with absolutely no adverse effects !
73.. Spooky...
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Spooky, I think i finally understand the 1:1 balun, it's there to turn the signal 180 degrees out of phase. i attached an image of how i understand the system working. I'm so stoked to understand now. Can you provide a link to get that sort of antenna? also, is the 6x6 loop of cable still needed for this type of antenna?
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ohhh man, i burnt out the linear amp somehow... i think it was by making adjustments to it while it was on. in any case, I put in a new transmitter, it goes up to 5 watts, I got a new dipole antenna mounted outside, I used the loop you suggested but then built a current Balun with a toroid. I laid it out picture style in this imgur post imgur.com/a/0jXjXHz
Hi...any RF power amplifier should be well shielded in a metal enclosure just to be safe with stray RF that can cause feedback, spurious emissions, and even audible broadcast hum or noise. Even at the 6 watt level this will be necessary but you may be able to test it for the time being unshielded until your project comes together. This should be obvious but don't use it without a heat sink or loaded properly with RF input and outputs or you'll let out the magic smoke.