[TenTec] Equipment

[Ronf404 via TenTec]

An old friend of mine, K6KH, sent me his Delta II after a factory check. I got it on the air in July with a 120' long wire up about 65'. With an external tuner I load on all bands from 10 to 160. I am very pleased with the rig's performance and I've already worked 50 countries. 

Ron Fish, KX1W

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> On Sep 9, 2014, at 19:06, "Rodney" <w3krq at dejazzd.com> wrote:
> 
> M y Dad used a 40m double extended Zepp for years so did most of the Hams he talked too. I use a 80m double extended Zepp up 70ft. works great on 160,80,40,20,15, 10 meters
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Stuart Rohre
> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 6:57 PM
> To: tentec at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Eagle Tuner
> 
> Indeed the Zepp antenna used in early ham days was the half wave end fed
> with a quarter wave of open wire line at right angles to the shack, for
> matching.  To transform the high end impedance of the dipole to a more
> reasonable value for feeding from the rig tank circuit. On a Zeppelin,
> it would hang straight down.  In modern times, it has been used on 2
> meters as the J-Pole antenna, "upside down" to the orientation on the Z
> ship, with the feed point below the J-pole.  But the antenna Physics
> work in either direction.
> 
> Extended Zepps and Double Zepps have 5/8 wavelength radiators, with the
> double Zepp being center fed with open wire line.  These make nice gain
> antennas, especially the Double Zepp.
> 
> Stuart Rohre
> K5KVH
> 
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