Hi.

Actually, you might find the 5th harmonic of 80 meters falls close enough 
to the 17 meter band to get an 80 meter dipole to load up reasonably well 
on 17 meters, and it will probably even radiate decently.  It's worth a 
shot.  The 80/40 dipoles at my sister's house were within range of the 
AT180 auto tuner on her Icom IC706 Mk II, so you might be surprised.  I 
worked VKs on that antenna on 17 so it was clearly doing something.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 09:03 AM 10/19/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>  Would any of you guys happen to know a lightweight vertical antenna that
>would get me on 17 meters.  I can no longer climb the tower and handle
>anything large as my arms are no longer strong enough.  I believe I could
>practice on the groung first with something lightweight and then climb and
>put it up..  I do not have room for another dipole or I would put up a
>dipole for 17 meters.  I would appreciate any info on this.
>
>
>Best wishes,
>
>FRED W4HC

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