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Gerry Leary <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 30 May 2012 04:52:46 -0600
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Look for a company called R F Products. They make a auto tuner attachment.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 4:49 AM
Subject: Re: looking for a 10-80M trapped dipole


>    Colin and all:
>
> I'd sure like one of these myself?
>
> Might fit my RV situation too, since I have still not heard anything from
> N2VZ Enterprises about the broken Turbo-tuner I sent to him almost a year
> ago.  You may recall that I used that Turbo-tuner to tune the screw-driver
> antenna that currently is on the back of the RV, and without it, though it
> can be done manually, tuning especially on the lower bands, is quite 
> tricky.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 1:56 AM
> Subject: looking for a 10-80M trapped dipole
>
>
>>a friend is looking for a 10 to 80M trapped dipole requiring little or no
>> tuner, that can be fairly easily deployed in the field.
>> He's already got a tripple hussler arrangement on the RV, and an Icom 
>> long
>> wire tuner.
>> However, he now has a 40FT telescoping linemans poll stuck to the back of
>> the RV that can be raised up to support the center of a bigger HF dipole.
>> He doesn't really want to go the G5RV route due to the necesity of the
>> latter line hanging down...he wants flexibility for various anchoring
>> arrangements and easy deployment.
>> Does anyone have any recommendations for a good 10M to 80M dipole that
>> might
>> fit these requirements?
>> As I said, little to no tuning would be best.
>> Though he does have a couple small LDG auto tuners that would make life
>> simpler if the antenna needed a bit of tuning on the various bands.
>> Either a prebuilt antenna, or any recommendations as to where one can
>> perchase premade traps that can be used to build such a beast.
>>
>> 73
>> Colin, V A6BKX
>> 

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