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 =
>=3D
> 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 =
>=3D
> 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 =
>=3D
> 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
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