> >What would you suggest in it's place given:
> >
> >1. Less than 100 feet long.
> >2. Covers 1.8 - 30 Mhz.
> >3. No antenna tuner.
> >4. Feed it with coax.
> >5. Put it up in an afternoon with a couple of poles.
> >6. $200 or less.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Barry
>
> I'd eliminate requirement #3. Then, I'd put up a 100' doublet, and feed
> it with open wire or 450 ohm transmitting twin-lead. Run the open wire
> right to the house, then use a balun before going inside. Use the
> shortest possible run of solid dielectric RG-8 / RG-213 to get to the
> tuner. Some transceiver auto-tuners can handle this antenna directly.
>
> 100 feet is a bit too short to cover 1.8 MHz. But, as long as it is high
> enough, this antenna will do OK for the other bands.
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@radio.org
I like AA4LR's solution, though I'd try it without the balun at the
house first, and I'd droop and/or dogleg as much wire as possible off the
ends and give that tuner a fighting chance on 160m!
73, DavidC AA1FA
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