[TowerTalk] As long as the antenna gurus are out...

[Michael Tope]

W9SRV wrote:

>This is a little ot...
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>I have asked this to many hams and have got many opinions.
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>I have a 3 acre plot, with a little over 1.5 acres available for wire antennas, so space is not an issue. It's mostly open field with a few trees, surrounded by farmfields. I also just picked up a couple of 400-500 ft chunks of #9 copper clad off some old telephone poles.
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>Given these items, what would you build for an HF antenna?
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>Tom
>W9SRV
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Tom,

I would help if you could define your requirements better - i.e.  are 
you wanting to do DX, contesting, or causual ragchewing? Are you more 
interested in lowbands? All HF bands? Also, what kind of vertical 
supports are available (how high and how far apart)?

Mike, W4EF..............