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Look on their site, I think it is around $130 or $140.

----- 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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