Hi,
I'm in the process of building a 6m double bazooka antenna as I would like to have a go at 6m and I have tried to build one but all I'm seeing in the metre is low swr - between 1.0 and 1.3 but 0 Omhz.
Is this normal? I know as it's a bazooka, it needs to be shorted but it should at least show 50 Ohms.
Whilst moving through the other bands, all I could see was very high swr but with impedance between 35 and 200.
Thanks
6m Bazooka antenna 0 Ohms help
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Re: 6m Bazooka antenna 0 Ohms help
50 Ohm is impedance for RF, DMM will show 0.
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Re: 6m Bazooka antenna 0 Ohms help
It's probably (effectively) DC grounded, quite common in antennas. It will have an appropriate resistance, or *impedance* at RF though. It's worrying to think about at first, but it really is normal for some antennas.
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