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 ----- 
  From: Michael Thurman 
  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 =
  traps not only have loss and are prone to failure, but on te higher =
  bands you actually get some gain   say an 80 meter dipole for example =
  fed with window line not coax will show some gain in many directions   =
  the old saying is still true  the more wire the better.  just put up as =
  uch wire as you can feed it with window line and use a balun and a tuner =
  and go for it   I use a 135 ft dipole fed 25 ft from one end with 450 =
  ohm window line, and a 4 to 1 balun just outside the shack. that leads =
  to my ts2000 with just enough coax to get from th ebalun to the rig in =
  the shack. I can work anything i can hear and I often bust pileups. here =
  in Raleigh NC I hae no trouble workign where i want to work  this =
  includes mobile stations on the other coast on 20 and 40 meters  I have =
  worked out to the west coast on 80 and  on the higher bands I do well =
  also. the only bands I woudl imrpove are 10 because i wish I had a beam =
  and 6  same thing I'd ove a beam  but other than that  100w gets me in =
  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 =
  attachment.
  > ----- Original Message -----=20
  > 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
  >=20
  >=20
  >>   Colin and all:
  >>=20
  >> I'd sure like one of these myself?
  >>=20
  >> 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=20=

  >> tricky.
  >>=20
  >> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
  >>=20
  >> ----- Original Message -----=20
  >> 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
  >>=20
  >>=20
  >>> 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=20
  >>> 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.
  >>>=20
  >>> 73
  >>> Colin, V A6BKX
  >>>=20