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Mike,
Good luck with the tuner. My antenna isn't really very high. One end
is attached to the house and is perhaps 20 -22 feet high. It runs to
a tree about 120 feet away and up to a height of under 40 feet. The
rest of the antenna comes down from the tree at an angle with the end
about 15 feet above ground. Feed point is only about 25 feet.
While antenna and height are both modest, with a bit of luck and
perseverance, I've got about 60 DXCC countries and 49 states in the log
on 160. I'm sure you can do as well or better. While I've worked some
SSB DX on the band, CW is the more productive mode.
73, Steve KW3A
On 10/10/2014 11:35 AM, Michael Ryan wrote:
> Steve:=20
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> What's the height of your antenna? I'm not really going to mess around =
> with another tower but I do have a couple of trees about 35/40 feet tall =
> that I could hang this thing in.=20
> As I understand it the antenna is 264 feet long with half of it wound on =
> coils, making it 132/66 or so per leg. If it works, we'll certainly try =
> a sched or 2 over the winter. LOL=20
> My only concern though is my ATU, its still having issues on 75M with my =
> vertical and the last time it was used on a wire antenna, it had no =
> problems with a KW. So if I get the tuning issues with the antenna, it =
> will be pointless until I can get a new tuner. Here's hoping because I =
> could use the wire antenna on 75 until I do manage to get a new ATU.=20
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> 73:=20
> Mike VO1AX=20
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