40m Loaded Dipole Construction - Reducing Size Issues
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Looking for advice on a 40m dipole build where I need to keep total length under 50 feet due to property constraints. Experimenting a 20 40 meter short coil loaded dipole antenna with the goal to keep the total length under 40 feet so that the dipole can be mounted on two 20 foot fiberglass pole to make a 20/40 meter rotatable dipole. I'm considering loading coils at about 11 meters from center feed point similar to what I've seen documented.
Planning to use speaker wire construction with homebrew balun. What inductance values have others used for 40m loading coils? Also concerned about bandwidth limitations with loaded elements.
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