Good question, Frank ! My answer is... "Several."
I did this, myself. I built monoband dipoles from aluminum tubing.
Costs is about $60 - $130 depending on size. Solid as sears and only
require a single support point (not two like wire dipoles usually use.)
I can slide the telescoping elements inside each other when adjusting
for low SWR - very EASY and very precise. See my work here:
http://k8jhr.com/k8jhr_first_002.htm
Click on the white boxes which are links to articles that detail the
entire project, part by part. They work swell and tune up quickly.
I took the mast down tonight, and will put up both a 10 and 15 meter
dipole on the mast tomorrow morning.
Therefore, you can have several solid, single support, tuned monoband
antennas for way less than the cost of a tuner. Put two or three on a
mast, and you are good to go.
=================== James -K8JHR ==========================
On 11/30/2011 9:57 AM, Frank wrote:
Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
If I lived on a farm without neighbors, I would have nothing but monoband
antennas, all with a perfect match at the antenna. Gotta win the lottery
first before I can realize that.
How many perfectly matched monoband antenna systems can be built for the
price of a high power do-it-all tuner?
More basically, how many hams seek out perfectly unmatched multiband
antenna systrems? Most of the multiband antenna systems on the market
seem to offer reaonably good matches to 50 ohm coax.
Lastly, I am pretty sure that internal tuners were not designed (or ever
will be designed) to allow one to use old bedsprings for an antenna or
load up aunt Thelmas lawn furniture.
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