[TowerTalk] Looking for a Legal Limit HF Multiband Second Antenna

K0FF K0FF@ARRL.NET
Wed, 14 Jun 2000 08:12:47 -0500


Mark, I use a Mosley Pro-57 as a backup antenna on 20 and up, and it works
well enough that I don't need a tuner, or an amplifier. An HF2V fills in for
80/40. 95% of ALL my contacts are barefoot. Geo>K0FF
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Hammond <k7hph@xmission.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 12:03 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Looking for a Legal Limit HF Multiband Second Antenna


>
>Hello:
>
>I currently have an inverted V fed with 450 ohm ladder line to an antenna
>tuner as my antenna for the backup radio system. It works ok but sometimes
>has trouble taking high power and, of course requires retuning as the bands
>are changed. I have an FT-1000D and an ALPHA 87A and often forget to
re-tune
>the antenna tuner!
>
>Does anyone know of a better multiband backup antenna the will handle an
>ALPHA 87A and eliminate the need to retune with each band change?
>
>Thanks in advance for your advice.
>
>73, Mark...
>
>
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