New Antenna for ARRL DX Contest (3)

21MHzDipole

Impedance measurement for my new dipole for the 15m band.

gnuplot> load "gnuplot.txt"
Freq [MHz]=21.03
V1=1.6
V2=2.0
Cursor 1=-4.5e-09
Cursor 2=0.0

vratio=1.25
phase1 [deg]=-34.0686
phase2 [deg]=0.0

abs(gamma)=0.70112862738752
swr=5.69184198713212
cz={17.8937141914241, -49.2890662925202}

21MHzDipole2

My power meter says that Pfwd=10.0W and Pref=4.0W, which means SWR=4.4.

 Vref=sqrt(4.0/10.0)=0.6324
SWR=(1.0+0.6324)/(1.0-0.6234)=4.4

21MHzDipole3

Considering the cable length of 20m, Zant=280.884+j31.809.

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