[TowerTalk] Rehash of 80 CW/SSB Switchable Dipole/Vee

[Richard Solomon]

I haven't seen one of those in many
years, over 25 I think.

Nice antenna, but quite pricey,
especially if the Collins name is on
it.

There was an article in a recent
QST on building one from a pair
of measuring tapes.

73, Dick, W1KSZ

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 11:16 AM, kc4pe <kc4pe at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Better yet, find an old Hygain, or Collins..or..??? Measuring TAPE DIPOLE
> ...Yes its a measuring tape that will pull out from 10 meters to 75
> meters.....All the bands are marked on the tape...
> So you pull up to your camp site / shoot a rope over a tree limb, pull the
> tape to your desired band...screw on the co-ax .... pull it up, tie off the
> ends..and your done and  with a little fine tuning..
> And when your done for the weekend, drop the pull line ..with the little
> hand crank on the dipole case ..wind up both sides of the tap and your
> done...
>
> -Bill ...KC4PE
> http://www.kc4pe.com/amateurshack.htm
>
> On 4/25/2016 1:07 PM, David Robbins wrote:
>
>> I would put an insulator at the end of the ssb piece, then the cw wire,
>> then another insulator.  use something like a split bolt or clamp with
>> wing nuts instead of alligator clips.  alligator clips can always work
>> loose in wind or from birds or whatever and I would worry about the amp
>> suddenly being mistuned if one fell off... also the connection with
>> alligator clips could become a source of arcing resulting in tvi.
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