enough of the geo-politics, i am in the process of putting up a 50' tower and
am looking for some advice. my plan is to put an A3 on top with wires for 40m
and 80m. i enjoy SSB contesting and hope to get to the point of CW contesting.
should i cut the wires for 40m and 80m to the center of the band to work both
modes or should i have dipoles for each mode for each band? i'm only running
100 watts from the 746PRO and it has a built in tuner to "tune" the dipoles.
i'm not sure what the cost of going for the center of the bands will be in
terms of power loss.
i am also looking to put up a sloper for 160m using the design in the ARRL wire
antenna book. it uses 90 turns at the top of a 40' tower with 63 or so feet
sloping to the earth.
any suggestions would be helpful - i'm tired of the stick in the mud vertical
with S7 noise levels.
-steve hanlon
KB3KAQ
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