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[TowerTalk] 80m Yagis -- Too Tough to Tame?

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Subject: [TowerTalk] 80m Yagis -- Too Tough to Tame?
From: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch)
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 21:30:50 -0400
> I have no space for more than what I have up now.
> My linear loaded F12 rotatable dipole @ 149 feet beats almost everyone in
> the contest pileups to anywhere in the world.

The secret is the height, not the antenna. I always wonder though 
why so many manufacturers use linear loading.
73, Tom W8JI
W8JI@contesting.com 

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