Must be contagious Trippy; you have them as well.
K9JAUAt 03:02 PM 5/30/2012, you wrote:
>Hi there,
>Can we stop the equal signs. I don't know what you're using for email, =
>but you need something else.
>I don't know if it's your email program, or if it's the device you're =
>running, but it is very annoying!
>You have great things to say, but I'm sick of equals signs.
>Trippy
>   ----- Original Message -----=20
>   From: Michael Thurman=20
>   To: [log in to unmask]
>   Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 7:53 AM
>   Subject: Re: looking for a 10-80M trapped dipole
>
>
>   I agree   a good tuner is much better tha using a trapped dipole as te =
>=3D
>   traps not only have loss and are prone to failure, but on te higher =
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>   bands you actually get some gain   say an 80 meter dipole for example =
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>   fed with window line not coax will show some gain in many directions   =
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>   the old saying is still true  the more wire the better.  just put up =
>as =3D
>   uch wire as you can feed it with window line and use a balun and a =
>tuner =3D
>   and go for it   I use a 135 ft dipole fed 25 ft from one end with 450 =
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>   ohm window line, and a 4 to 1 balun just outside the shack. that leads =
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>   to my ts2000 with just enough coax to get from th ebalun to the rig in =
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>   the shack. I can work anything i can hear and I often bust pileups. =
>here =3D
>   in Raleigh NC I hae no trouble workign where i want to work  this =3D
>   includes mobile stations on the other coast on 20 and 40 meters  I =
>have =3D
>   worked out to the west coast on 80 and  on the higher bands I do well =
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>   also. the only bands I woudl imrpove are 10 because i wish I had a =
>beam =3D
>   and 6  same thing I'd ove a beam  but other than that  100w gets me in =
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>   everywhere I try to work
>
>   On May 30, 2012, at 6:52 AM, Gerry Leary wrote:
>
>   > Look for a company called R F Products. They make a auto tuner =3D
>   attachment.
>   > ----- Original Message -----=3D20
>   > 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
>   >=3D20
>   >=3D20
>   >>   Colin and all:
>   >>=3D20
>   >> I'd sure like one of these myself?
>   >>=3D20
>   >> Might fit my RV situation too, since I have still not heard =
>anything =3D
>   from
>   >> N2VZ Enterprises about the broken Turbo-tuner I sent to him almost =
>a =3D
>   year
>   >> ago.  You may recall that I used that Turbo-tuner to tune the =3D
>   screw-driver
>   >> antenna that currently is on the back of the RV, and without it, =
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>   though it
>   >> can be done manually, tuning especially on the lower bands, is =
>quite=3D20=3D
>
>   >> tricky.
>   >>=3D20
>   >> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>   >>=3D20
>   >> ----- Original Message -----=3D20
>   >> 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
>   >>=3D20
>   >>=3D20
>   >>> a friend is looking for a 10 to 80M trapped dipole requiring =
>little =3D
>   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 =
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>   Icom=3D20
>   >>> long
>   >>> wire tuner.
>   >>> However, he now has a 40FT telescoping linemans poll stuck to the =
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>   back of
>   >>> the RV that can be raised up to support the center of a bigger HF =
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>   dipole.
>   >>> He doesn't really want to go the G5RV route due to the necesity of =
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>   the
>   >>> latter line hanging down...he wants flexibility for various =3D
>   anchoring
>   >>> arrangements and easy deployment.
>   >>> Does anyone have any recommendations for a good 10M to 80M dipole =
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>   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 =
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>   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 =
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>   can
>   >>> perchase premade traps that can be used to build such a beast.
>   >>>=3D20
>   >>> 73
>   >>> Colin, V A6BKX
>   >>>=3D20