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Re: Need some input on HF wire antennas for the Michigan house
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John Miller <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:05:02 -0400
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Order from the guy who makes them at granite state antenna, not HRO or any 
store like that, it's cheaper from him last I knew. I haven't looked in a 
while but it was cheaper from him
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: Need some input on HF wire antennas for the Michigan house


>   Thanks, John.
>
> 73 de KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 7:44 PM
> Subject: Re: Need some input on HF wire antennas for the Michigan house
>
>
> It was around $100 and the ballun was additional but I forget how much.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 9:06 PM
> Subject: Re: Need some input on HF wire antennas for the Michigan house
>
>
>>        Thanks for the info, John.
>>
>> Do you recall what the cost of the Cobra Ultralite SR was?
>>
>> Just curious!
>>
>> 73 de KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 5:48 PM
>> Subject: Re: Need some input on HF wire antennas for the Michigan house
>>
>>
>> The Cobra Ultralite Sr. will go to 160. I ran my heathkit SB200 in to 
>> that
>> antenna with a good 600 or more watts and it worked fine. It's rated for
>> 1000 watts, but I do know people who run 1500 in to it with no problem so
>> your 700 should be no problem for it at all. The antenna has ladder line,
>> you can cut it somewhat or whatever you need to do. I ran RG8X on my g5RV
>> I
>> had before that antenna with the amp as and it handled the power. You may
>> want to run something better but I don't think it's a big deal at 700
>> watts
>> honestly, it's not like the coax ever got warm, and I never had any RFI
>> issue. I did change it to RG-213 eventually but I didn't notice any real
>> difference on the bands I ran it on in performance and it didn't hurt
>> anything. I wouldn't run legal limit in RG8X but 600-700 watts, I don't
>> see
>> a problem but if you're starting over, you might want to spring for the
>> RG213.

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