On 9/29/98 11:37 AM, Barry Oliver at barryo@email.msn.com wrote:
>
>What would you suggest in it's place given:
>
>1. Less than 100 feet long.
>2. Covers 1.8 - 30 Mhz.
>3. No antenna tuner.
>4. Feed it with coax.
>5. Put it up in an afternoon with a couple of poles.
>6. $200 or less.
>
>Thanks,
>Barry
I'd eliminate requirement #3. Then, I'd put up a 100' doublet, and feed
it with open wire or 450 ohm transmitting twin-lead. Run the open wire
right to the house, then use a balun before going inside. Use the
shortest possible run of solid dielectric RG-8 / RG-213 to get to the
tuner. Some transceiver auto-tuners can handle this antenna directly.
100 feet is a bit too short to cover 1.8 MHz. But, as long as it is high
enough, this antenna will do OK for the other bands.
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@radio.org
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