Hi, Lou!  Thanks for the info.  Any idea as to what I should get for an
automatic antenna tuner?--Matt.

At 10:14 AM 8/6/2005, you wrote:
>Hi Matthew.  The Butternut vertical would probably serve you well.  A lot
>of verticals would work if you don't mind putting out radials.  However, I
>have found that wire antennas and trees aren't necessarily
>incompatible.  You just have to pick a method that will take up the sway of
>the trees.  I have used the pulley on the end support with a counterweight
>method very successfully.
>
>While it is true that falling limbs can take out a wire antenna, that is
>equally true of a vertical as I found out when a large part of my willow
>tree took out my first GAP Titan antenna--smashed it flat!
>
>By the way, the GAP will work but it is a lot of money, and I am starting
>to find out that it has a way of going away abruptly with near misses from
>lightning.  I'm thinking that my next vertical will probably be one of the
>butternut antennas.
>
>73, Lou K2LKK
>
>
>At 09:33 AM 8/6/2005 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hi, Folks!  I have an old Tentec 525 Argosy that I want to use at my YL's
> >house.  Problem is, I don't have a tower for an antenna and stringing it up
> >through the trees isn't a good idea either as we get lots of wind where she
> >lives.  Any idea as to where I can find a vertical I can erect, along with
> >an automatic antenna tuner?  Will be using 40, 15, and 10 meters, and maybe
> >more once I get my general class ticket.  Any ideas would be greatly
> >appreciated.--Matthew Chao, N1IBB.
>
>Louis Kim Kline
>A.R.S. K2LKK
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