[TowerTalk] Wire antenna help needed

Clay Autery cautery at montac.com
Thu Mar 23 14:23:32 EDT 2017


This is for the OP, Steve...

I highly recommend a horizontal wire loop cut for 80 meters for a
broadband one-wire solution.  Use the proper feedline, feedpoint,
"balun", etc. and you'll have a tunable solution on all bands...

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Clay Autery, KY5G

On 3/22/2017 8:07 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> I have no personal experience with a single wire for multiple bands however
> if I had to choose I would likely pick a G5RV over an unbalanced OCF
> antenna.
>
> John KK9A
>  
>
>
> To:	towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject:	[TowerTalk] Wire antenna help needed
> From:	K7LXC--- via TowerTalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Reply-to:	K7LXC at aol.com
> Date:	Wed, 22 Mar 2017 10:14:24 -0400
>
> Howdy, TowerTalkians --
>  
>     I need some feedback on a multiband wire antenna.  I'm looking for 
> something that's already assembled and works decently. 80-10  would be nice
> and 
> we can use a tuner. It doesn't have to be a stellar performer.  DX 
> Engineering has a bunch and I've installed a Carolina Windom before but
> don't 
> know 
> much else about it. 
>  
>     I'm interested in your experience or other info you  might have. All 
> comments appreciated!  
>  
> Cheers,
> Steve    K7LXC



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