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[TowerTalk] Best wire type antenna for 75m/80m DX coverage

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Best wire type antenna for 75m/80m DX coverage
From: k1vr@juno.com (Fred Hopengarten)
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 11:09:26 EDT
From:
Fred Hopengarten  K1VR               781/259-0088
Six Willarch Road
Lincoln, MA 01773-5105
permanent e-mail address:  fhopengarten@mba1972.hbs.edu

On Tue, 20 Oct 1998 01:04:55 EDT PAUL924@aol.com writes:

>In search of a wire antenna that would provide a low swr 80m cw (3520) 
>and
>also 75m (3795) coverage. A cage would be too large, has anyone used 
>bazookas
>with any degree of success.?  Please give a brief description of the 
>antanna.


K1VR:  A dipole cut for 3600 and fed with 450 ohm ladder line to an
antenna tuner. Will take all the power you can feed it and radiate
efficiently on any 80 meter frequency. It will also have gain on 40.















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