[TowerTalk] verticlas used on multiple bands fed with a tuner

[Mark Beckwith]

Final decision: for 30-10m I built a 40' long coaxial dipole, ran it up the 
tube and fed it at the base.  I tested it in Sweepstakes and it seemed to 
work quite nicely, using the exact radio setup and feedline I will take to 
Belize (130' of RG6).  The autotuner tuned it on all these bands and I 
talked to people on all these bands, including 40.  It also tuned up on 80 
but I didn't try to actually use it.  It did not tune on 160, go figure :) 
For 160-40 I ran out of time to build and test, so I will take the pole, 
wire, coax, etc and throw something up down there and see what happens.

So many ideas, so little time.

I got my license: V31OT ... see you on the air this weekend.

73 - Mark, N5OT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Beckwith" <n5ot at n5ot.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 9:00 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] verticlas used on multiple bands fed with a tuner


> Re: vertical antennas you can use on multiple bands with a tuner, are 
> there magic lengths?  I would just as soon put up one for "the low bands" 
> and one for "the high bands."  Or whatever.  I figure the answer has 
> already been determined long ago and I don't feel a particular need to 
> discover it myself is someone can just tell me what the prevailing wisdom 
> is.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> 73 - Mark, N5OT