[TenTec] Openwire fed differently

[mgoins]

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From: "NJ0IP" <Rick at DJ0IP.de>
Reply-To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 15:25:19 -0700

>Joel,
>
>Well it all sounds complex to me.  I have never used any modeling software.
>Another thing I never use is a balun.
>I have real symmetrical matchboxes - link coupled.
>
>I really don't have much time for experimenting since I have just co-founded
>a new Internet startup business and we are burning the candle at both ends -
>7 days per week.
>
>I fear I will not manage to get anything constructed before winter, so I'll
>probably just take down the openwire antenna and replace it with a double
>dipole (40m hanging below 80m) with it tuned for the CW portion of 80m at
>first.  After CQWW DX contest I can drop the ends and shorten it a bit and
>use it on 80 SSB until summer.
>
>I think at the end of the day I will just have to save my pennies and buy
>the expensive remotely tuned matchbox.  Hey, if my new business takes off
>anything like the business plan predicts, I'll buy two or three of them -
>hi!
>
>73
>Rick
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