Final decision: for 30-10m I built a 40' long coaxial dipole, ran it up the
tube and fed it at the base. I tested it in Sweepstakes and it seemed to
work quite nicely, using the exact radio setup and feedline I will take to
Belize (130' of RG6). The autotuner tuned it on all these bands and I
talked to people on all these bands, including 40. It also tuned up on 80
but I didn't try to actually use it. It did not tune on 160, go figure :)
For 160-40 I ran out of time to build and test, so I will take the pole,
wire, coax, etc and throw something up down there and see what happens.
So many ideas, so little time.
I got my license: V31OT ... see you on the air this weekend.
73 - Mark, N5OT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Beckwith" <n5ot@n5ot.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 9:00 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] verticlas used on multiple bands fed with a tuner
> Re: vertical antennas you can use on multiple bands with a tuner, are
> there magic lengths? I would just as soon put up one for "the low bands"
> and one for "the high bands." Or whatever. I figure the answer has
> already been determined long ago and I don't feel a particular need to
> discover it myself is someone can just tell me what the prevailing wisdom
> is.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> 73 - Mark, N5OT
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