‰ NOW 35 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM JUNE 2017 QST PAGE 47 ‰ AN EASY TO MAKE THREE BAND DIPOLE FOR ARRL FIELD DAY MAKE THIS COUPLED RESONATOR, THREE BAND DIPOLE FOR PORTABLE OR HOME STATION USE. JOEL R. HALLAS, W1ZR ONE OF MY LOCAL CLUBS, THE GREATER FAIRFIELD AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION, WAS PREPARING A TWO TRANSMITTER ARRL FIELD DAY DEPLOYMENT THEIR FIRST AFTER A NUMBER OF YEARS. THEY REQUESTED MY ASSISTANCE IN ANTENNA SELECTION. THEY HAD DECIDED TO HAVE ONE STATION ON 80 AND 40 METERS, PHONE AND CW, AND THE OTHER ON 20, 15, AND 10 IN BOTH MODES. CHOOSING AN ANTENNA IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP IT SIMPLE AND STRAIGHTFORWARD, I SUGGESTED HALF WAVE DIPOLES ON EACH BAND. FROM THE NORTHEAST, A HALF WAVE DIPOLE PATTERN, IF BROADSIDE TO THE SOUTHWEST, CAN PROVIDE REASONABLE COVERAGE OVER MUCH OF NORTH AMERICA. BECAUSE THE CLUB PRESIDENT, BRUCE MOORE, N1ZU, HAD LOTS OF WINDOW LINE ON HAND, THE CHOICE FOR 80 AND 40 METERS WAS EASY A SKELETON SLEEVE OR COUPLED RESONATOR, TWO BAND DIPOLE MADE FROM WINDOW LINE, AS DESCRIBED IN A QST ARTICLE. IT WOULD HAVE ALSO MADE THE CHOICE FOR THE 20, 15, AND 10 METER ANTENNA EASY, IF ONLY THERE WERE SUCH A THING AS THREE WIRE WINDOW LINE. I CONSIDERED A NUMBER OF OTHER POSSIBILITIES, BUT KEPT COMING BACK TO THE COUPLED RESONATOR IDEA. IT HAS ABOUT THE SAME PIECES AS A FAN DIPOLE, BUT IS MORE COMPACT, LESS FUSSY ON TUNING, AND HAS BEEN A GOOD PERFORMER. OTHER POTENTIAL CANDIDATES ‰ END OF 35 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ