[TowerTalk] Force 12 Sigma 80

[Mike & Coreen Smith]

Brad, (& group)

My 80m vertical cost me practically nothing and I'd pitch it against a
Commerical design any day of the week.
It's a very simple 5/16th WL inverted L( #12AWG stranded R90 wire) thrown
over the top of a 40' cedar tree. Feeding it at the bottom with an ol
junkbox air variable cap, taped to a small branch 3' off the ground with a
cut-off 2liter pop bottle (open at bottom) for wx proofing. 100' of (free)
CATV hardline to the shack.

Just about the same thing here for 160m, but longer wire & taller trees.
Lots of radials under both.

$600 Commercial antenna or $6.00 wire which will do EXACTLY the same thing
(maybe better)?
Hmmm, for me, the decision was made in about a u-second!

(It it makes you feel better, you can always tell people you're using the
commercial one-HI HI!!)

Mike VE9Antenna Antenna

Michael, Coreen & Corey Smith
(VE9AA,  VE9AAA & Little-VE9 to be)
271 Smith Rd
Waterville, NB
E2V 3V6
Canada
http://members.tripod.com/~ve9aa/index.html
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/2174/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Nowak" <bnowak@telocity.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 1:38 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Force 12 Sigma 80


>
> Hello all;
>
> Have any readers had experience with Force 12 Sigma 80???  I am
considering
> a vertical due to small lot and dissatisfaction with my inverted vee for
DX.
> The info on F 12's site looks interesting but $600 for a 80M vertical !!!!
> WOW.  Opinions??
>
> Thanks,
> Brad - N8SNM
>
>
>
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