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Feedline Connection
The easiest way to make a reliable feedline connection using customer supplied coaxial cable is
using the optional
DXE-RADP-3
Radial Plate with the optional
DXE-112-KIT
SO-239 Chassis
Mount Connector as shown in
Figure F-1
.
Use a customer supplied insulated wire soldered on the center pin of the chassis mounted SO-239
(14 gage insulated wire is adequate) to a ring terminal which is connected to the antenna feedpoint
hardware (See page 15). Make the wire long enough so it will not bind when raising or lowering the
antenna.
When connected in this manner, the customer supplied coaxial cable will feed the antenna and the
shield will have a positive and reliable connection to the radial field.
Figure F-1 - Feedline connection using an optional DXE-112-KIT SO-239 Chassis Mount
with the optional DXE-RADP-3 Radial Plate
Optional DXE-VMN-1 Vertical Antenna Matching Network
The
DXE-VMN-1
Vertical Antenna Matching Network is custom designed for use with
base-fed quarter wave resonant vertical antenna systems. In some vertical antenna
installations with excellent radial systems, achieving the best SWR on a resonant vertical
for 80 meters may be difficult without some means of adjusting feedpoint impedance.
The
DXE-VMN-1
allows easy adjustment for lowest SWR.
As an added benefit, since the
DXE-VMN-1
it will act as a static bleed for your vertical antenna in
areas where precipitation static or snow static is present.
Refer to the
DXE-VMN-1
manual for more details.
