Fred Hopengarten wrote:
>
> >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.
Hi Fred. I have tried this antenna, and I get a lot of rf in the
computer and visa-versa with the open wire in the shack. Do you have
that problem there? I used one of those antennas for years on all bands
before the advent of the computer. 73
Tom W7WHY
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