[TenTec] A bit off topic...antenna question

[starmike at bellsouth.net]

As a previous poster stated, double bazookas are single band antennas.  Maybe the antenna was labeled wrong. Try it on a couple of bands and see.  You may just have a defective antenna

Mike, N4GW
-------------- Original message from Mike Bryce <prosolar at sssnet.com>: -------------- 


> ran an ten tec 50 ohm dry dummy load out to the antenna end of the 
> coax... squirted some rf into the line.. 
> 
> perfect swr with 100 watts of RF 
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> band is 40 meters, as the antenna is marked.. 
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> thanks for the note on the shorted input.... My arrl antenna book 
> only describes this antenna in a few paragraphs... 
> 
> I'll add on some wire at the ends and see if I can find some spot 
> where the swr drops... 
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> as it is, when you select this antenna, the radio goes silent 
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> Mike Bryce, WB8VGE 
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