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Subject: [SECC] TS (TB-WIRES) or not?
From: nj8j at arrl.net (Ben Coleman)
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 20:50:06 -0500
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Dan/W4NTI wrote:
> There-in lies my problem.  I,  W4NTI,  am a Literal sort of guy (Note...I 
> didn't say Liberal).  It said TB (as in Tri Band(er))-Wires.  Tri Band as in 
> three band.  So I assumed, in my demented mind, that I need a wire with 
> three bands and some more wires for the other bands...right?  Actually I 
> just assumed it meant Tri-Band Yagi or something....But John and all you 
> other serious contest types set me straight.

Yeah, I had the same problem.  From my reading , you *have* use a Tribander on
20,15, and 10, and single-element antennas on the low bands.  But if the
manager of the contest says you can dispense with the TB and use
single-element on everything, then I guess you can do it.

Ben
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