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Re: [TowerTalk] 40/80M wire antenna

To: "Larry Stowell" <lclarks@nc.rr.com>, <ValErwin@aol.com>,<K7LXC@aol.com>, <towertalk@contesting.com>,"Pete Smith" <n4zr@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 40/80M wire antenna
From: "Mark Potter" <jbpmlp@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 11:39:55 -0600
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W9INN lives on.  No web site that I know of.

W9INN Antennas
P. O. Box 393
Mt. Prospect, IL 60056

Mark  W9UZ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete Smith" <n4zr@contesting.com>
To: "Larry Stowell" <lclarks@nc.rr.com>; <ValErwin@aol.com>;
<K7LXC@aol.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 2:06 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 40/80M wire antenna


> At 08:48 PM 3/5/04 -0500, Larry Stowell wrote:
>
> >Try Radioware & Radio Bookstore  http://www.radio-ware.com/
> >
> >They have the Reyco Traps its under Antenna Parts "multiband dipole
antenna
> >traps"
> >
>
> For years, I had an inverted vee for 40m that had what I remember as
"W9INN
> coils" on the ends.  Close-wound on 10 inches or so of ~1" OD PVC, they
> provided a significant lump of inductance.  Pigtails about 4 feet long
> outside the coils resonated the antenna to frequency on 80m, while the 40m
> resonance was only slightly changed.  Since the antenna was about half
size
> on 80, the 2:1 SWR bandwidth was only about 75 KHz, but it worked OK on 80
> and FB on 40.
>
> I bought the coils commercially, but that was ~30 years ago -- they would
> be easy enough to homebrew.
>
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> Check out the World HF Contest Station Database
> Updated 9 Jan 04
> www.pvrc.org/wcsd/wcsdsearch.htm
>
>
>
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See: http://www.mscomputer.com  for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather 
Stations", and lot's more.  Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any questions 
and ask for Sherman, W2FLA.

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