ZS6BKW Dipole Antenna The Build

I pulled all the pertinent clips together to make one semi-cohesive video for you. It's working great and I couldn't be happier with it.
NOTE: The finished length of YOUR antenna MAY vary depending to YOUR topography, nearby structures, tower height, soil type and many other factors. Start long and trim to resonance.
The Dipole legs:
I started out with 15 meter (49.21 ft) legs and trimmed off 103 cm (40.55 in) for a finished length of 13.97 m (45.83 ft).
The Ladder Line:
I started with 12.5 meters (41 ft) to allow for connections and finished with about 12 meters (39.37 ft).
The RF choke is just 6 turns of the coax about 4" diameter.
All the connection points were secured with polyester line for strain relief.
I have under 2:1 SWRs on all of 40, 20 17 & 12 and the bottom 3rd of 10. And with a tuner I can work 80, 15 all of 10 and maybe 6 (haven't tried 6 yet).
April 2nd I made several QSOs in the semi-annual SARL 80 meter QSO Party and had a lot of fun working more SA stations.
I was searching for a multi-band dipole or maybe build a fan dipole when I stumbled upon this video by AE4VJ : • Say Goodbye to that G5...
I used this site to build the Ladder Line: www.qsl.net/co...
For more in depth info on building antennas, visit Dave Tadlock's YT channel.
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