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Re: [TowerTalk] Any 17/12-Meter Vertical Antenna available?

To: "ve4xt@mymts.net" <ve4xt@mymts.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Any 17/12-Meter Vertical Antenna available?
From: "larryjspammenot@teleport.com" <larryj@teleport.com>
Reply-to: "larryjspammenot@teleport.com" <larryj@teleport.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 14:10:17 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
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Kelly, not impossible, but not easily done, either, at my place. I'm hoping for 
something like my Butternut vertical - something I can mount in a simple tripod 
on the garage roof. That's why I'd like to find something like a simple, 
aluminum 2-band vertical antenna for 17 and 12-Meters. No problem stringing out 
radios for those bands, either - I already do it for the Butternut.
LJ


-----Original Message-----
>From: "ve4xt@mymts.net" <ve4xt@mymts.net>
>Sent: Nov 19, 2015 11:10 AM
>To: "larryjspammenot@teleport.com" <larryj@teleport.com>
>Cc: towertalk reflector <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Any 17/12-Meter Vertical Antenna available?
>
>Hi Larry
>
>What's the population of non-metallic supports like at your QTH? (Read: trees)
>
>The ladder line vertical Ray mentioned might work very well, particularly if 
>you get it off the ground. You'd need two radials per band and a good choke 
>(eight turns of RG8x on a mix 31 Biggest Clamp-on would work), but you'd get 
>added efficiency by being away from the ground. 
>
>73, kelly, ve4xt, 
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 19, 2015, at 10:42, "larryjspammenot@teleport.com" 
>> <larryj@teleport.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Yes, I'm interested a vertical only. No tower here at this QTH - if I had 
>> one, I'd put my old 6-band quad back up.
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Mike Reublin NF4L <nf4l@comcast.net>
>>> Sent: Nov 19, 2015 10:30 AM
>>> To: "larryjspammenot@teleport.com" <larryj@teleport.com>
>>> Cc: towertalk reflector <towertalk@contesting.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Any 17/12-Meter Vertical Antenna available?
>>> 
>>> Not sure if you're limiting your choice to verticals, if not there's this. 
>>> http://www.dxengineering.com/parts/hgn-db-1217?seid=dxese1&gclid=CPeC_-GOnckCFZQdgQodj4AAMw
>>> 
>>> 73, Mike NF4L
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Nov 19, 2015, at 10:55 AM, larryjspammenot@teleport.com 
>>>> <larryj@teleport.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 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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