[TenTec] 17 Meter Antenna

[MARY DOUGLAS]

I feed mine with open wire line and use a balanced double "L" tuner. That's
not voodoo engineering.

KC0QCQ

On Sunday, November 23, 2014, george fritkin via TenTec <
tentec at contesting.com> wrote:

> Delta loops show marginal gain over a dipole (1.1db), and are much more of
> a pain to erect.  As far as noise no real proof that is true.  And one more
> thing, feeding with 1/4 wave of 72ohm is more voodoo engineering you find
> here
> George, W6GF
>
>      On Saturday, November 22, 2014 11:18 PM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP
> <Rick at DJ0IP.de> wrote:
>
>
>  Use a telescoping fiberglass pole.
> They don't have to be very high.
> 25 ft. is high enough if you make the horizontal bit a little longer.
> That still leaves about 7 or 8' under the antenna so that people can walk
> under it.
> Scott (W4PA) sells 40' poles.  One of those would be perfect.
>
> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
> (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com <javascript:;>] On
> Behalf Of Reed
> Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2014 4:17 AM
> To: tentec at contesting.com <javascript:;>
> Subject: [TenTec] 17 Meter Antenna
>
> I'm sure Gary they are the best antenna for the dollar, but not enough
> trees
> here for support.  I was raised on a farm & my late father, W4PFP & elmer,
> had some serious wire antennas.  I miss the real estate, but not the
> farming.
>
> Reed  W4JZ
>
>
> Reed,
>     I had a 80M Delta loop up for quite a few years. It worked extremely
> well. Very quiet. It was fed in the corner with 75 ohm coax, then 50 ohm to
> the shack. My matching piece of 75 ohm coax was abt
> 46.5 feet long (1/4 wave x velocity factor of the cable). I'd put another
> up
> but all my trees have grown up.
>
> Gary - KN0V
>
>
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