Congratulations on a great QRP day, and a lot of fun too I'd guess.  I 
Wonder was the Yaesu you ran an FT817? Danny,Wb4idu.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2010 8:24 PM
Subject: shortened antenna


>I remember a discussion a while back about a non-resonent antenna for HF. 
>I
> just got home from the qth of my friend, w9njy.
> We sat on his front porch, running a number of qrp radios for the fun oof
> it.
> In order, we ran a by1, yaesu something, a kx1, and a k2.  We made over 40
> contacts in the ongoing contest, including yt2t.   We were running a 88 
> foot
> long inverted vee, fed with 300 ohm twin lead through a tuner and 4/1 
> balon.
> The center was 45 feet high, and the ends droped to 15 feet.  The design 
> is
> suppozed to work on 80 through 20.  It needs a tuner on all bands.  on 15
> and 10, it becomes directional.  Absolutely great day!!!
> H T Kaufman MSW LCSW
> Adaptive Technology Instructor