Re: [TenTec] 80m antenna suggestion

[Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>]

I was just reading REFLECTIONS and found that double bazooka antennas 
are broadband because they are lossy. For maximum generated field 
strength you will do better with a plain dipole, with higher SWR on the 
feedline at the extremes of the band, and a tuner.
Ken N6KB

Jim Miller WB5OXQ wrote:

> I have found that if you have the room for a 1/2 wave dipole that the
> bazooka made of coax works very well, is quieter than a vertical or a open
> wire dipole and more broadbanded than either.