[TowerTalk] Antenna Traps?

Richard Zalewski dick.w7zr at gmail.com
Sun Jan 1 13:25:35 EST 2023


Joe,
I used traps from Hy-Power for years in my 80/160 dipole and inverted V.
They held up really well.
https://www.hypowerantenna.com/

Richard
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On Sun, Jan 1, 2023 at 10:15 AM Joe Subich, W4TV <lists at subich.com> wrote:

>
> Still shows on his web page but those are loading coils/chokes.
> I don't see an 80/40/30 meter product (I was never able to make
> a parallel wire 80/30 meter antenna work right but the trapped
> wire just played until the traps deteriorated).
>
> 73,
>
>     ... Joe, W4TV
>
> On 2023-01-01 12:58 PM, Larry Banks wrote:
> > Hi Joe,
> >
> > I bought my 160/75 dipole from HyPower antennas: <
> > https://www.hypowerantenna.com/home  >.   He used to sell coils but I
> > don't know if he still does.
> >
> > 73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ
> >
> >
> > On 1/1/2023 12:07, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
> >>
> >> Does anyone make decent traps for wire antennas (*not* coaxial
> >> traps) these days?  If so, who and where are they available?
> >>
> >> I'm afraid my 20+ year old Reyco traps are about done in (corrosion
> >> of the aluminum wire) and I'm trying to decide my next step.
> >>
> >
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