It is pretty easy and inexpensive to make a single band 12m or 17m
vertical. If you could separate two vertical elements enough you could
probably made it into a dual band vertical. N6BT sells multiband verticals
and he may be able to build and antenna that suits you needs.
I think that a fan dipole would be a better option.
John KK9A
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Any 17/12-Meter Vertical Antenna available?
From: <larryj@teleport.com>
Does anyone know of a dual-band antenna that covers the 17 and 12-Meter
bands?
I know there are many multi-band antenna versions available - the Hy-Gain
12AVQ, the Hustler BTV series, and others. I have a Butternut HF-6V that I've
added the 17 and 12-Meter kits to, but they just don't tune properly -
this is
a well-documented problem with this antenna.
I'd be interested to know of a 17/12-Meter ONLY antenna that might be
available. I also know of the Cushcraft WARC-bands 30/17/12M rotatable
dipole,
but I do already have good 30-Meter performance with the Butternut vertical.
Maybe someone has modified a 12AVQ or a similar multiband vertical antenna
into
something that covers just 17 and 12-Meters? I'd like to have a separate
vertical antenna for just those two bands.
LJ
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