grey4trains
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- Jun 6, 2008
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Greeting
I'm building a homebrew dipole for listening to the R.R. band (161-162M). I have a R-Shack PRO-2018 base scanner, I'm using a short piece (12') of RG8 coax (50 ohm) and a ferrite bead 1:1 balun. The antenna is indoor, going to be mounted up in the vaulted area of my ceiling. Problem is..Doesn't a vertical dipole have an inductance of 75-ohms? Would it make much difference to the scanner that requires a 50-ohm input? While I'm on the subject, can I mount the dipole horizontal instead of vertical (to give it a few more feet of height)? Thanks guys for any response.
M. Grey
I'm building a homebrew dipole for listening to the R.R. band (161-162M). I have a R-Shack PRO-2018 base scanner, I'm using a short piece (12') of RG8 coax (50 ohm) and a ferrite bead 1:1 balun. The antenna is indoor, going to be mounted up in the vaulted area of my ceiling. Problem is..Doesn't a vertical dipole have an inductance of 75-ohms? Would it make much difference to the scanner that requires a 50-ohm input? While I'm on the subject, can I mount the dipole horizontal instead of vertical (to give it a few more feet of height)? Thanks guys for any response.
M. Grey