[TowerTalk] Any 17/12-Meter Vertical Antenna available?

[ve4xt at mymts.net]

Hi Larry

What's the population of non-metallic supports like at your QTH? (Read: trees)

The ladder line vertical Ray mentioned might work very well, particularly if you get it off the ground. You'd need two radials per band and a good choke (eight turns of RG8x on a mix 31 Biggest Clamp-on would work), but you'd get added efficiency by being away from the ground. 

73, kelly, ve4xt, 

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> On Nov 19, 2015, at 10:42, "larryjspammenot at teleport.com" <larryj at teleport.com> wrote:
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> Yes, I'm interested a vertical only. No tower here at this QTH - if I had one, I'd put my old 6-band quad back up.
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> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mike Reublin NF4L <nf4l at comcast.net>
>> Sent: Nov 19, 2015 10:30 AM
>> To: "larryjspammenot at teleport.com" <larryj at teleport.com>
>> Cc: towertalk reflector <towertalk at contesting.com>
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Any 17/12-Meter Vertical Antenna available?
>> 
>> Not sure if you're limiting your choice to verticals, if not there's this. 
>> http://www.dxengineering.com/parts/hgn-db-1217?seid=dxese1&gclid=CPeC_-GOnckCFZQdgQodj4AAMw
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>> 73, Mike NF4L
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>>> On Nov 19, 2015, at 10:55 AM, larryjspammenot at teleport.com <larryj at teleport.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Does anyone know of a dual-band antenna that covers the 17 and 12-Meter bands? I know there are many multi-band antenna versions available - the Hy-Gain 12AVQ, the Hustler BTV series, and others. I have a Butternut HF-6V that I've added the 17 and 12-Meter kits to, but they just don't tune properly - this is a well-documented problem with this antenna. 
>>> 
>>> I'd be interested to know of a 17/12-Meter ONLY antenna that might be available. I also know of the Cushcraft WARC-bands 30/17/12M rotatable dipole, but I do already have good 30-Meter performance with the Butternut vertical. Maybe someone has modified a 12AVQ or a similar multiband vertical antenna into something that covers just 17 and 12-Meters? I'd like to have a separate vertical antenna for just those two bands.
>>> 
>>> LJ
>>> 
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