I built one like that some years ago and it worked very well. The
higher, the better. The wires wil be a little shorter than the formula
due to the insulation.
Good Luck
73, Gerry K8GT
Jacob Tennant wrote:
>I was looking into building a simple (cheap) vertical for 10/15/20. I have
>a B&D 20' Crappie available and was wondering about using the three
>conductor rotor control cable from Radio Shack for the radiator & radials.
>
>For the radials as well as the radiator I was going to cut out sections for
>20 meters then prune the other wires for 10 & 15 meters.
>
>Does this sound like a viable antenna or should I just make a 20 meter
>vertical and use a tuner for the other bands? Would like to not have to buy
>a tuner right now but will if I must.
>
>Jacob Tennant - K8JWT
>
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