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pat gormley <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 17 Mar 2004 21:09:09 -0500
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the barker and wiliamson antenna is a full length 80-meter antenna withwell
made components so a lot of people in the military have used this antenna
and buy them by the thousands.  I have one up right now on a 50 by 100 foot
lot.  73- pat kk3f At 05:39 PM 3/17/04 -0800, you wrote:
>Walt,
>
>I'm currently in the market for an hf antenna.  I've never had a lot of
>luck with verticals and they also seem to cause more interference to
>neighbors, stuff in
>my own house, and also seem to pick up more noise, and we have lots of
>that around here.  So, thinking of some sort of multiband inverted vee or
>something.  What's the length of the b&w antenna?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Don  W6SMB
>
>On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 20:31:15 -0500, Walt Sebastian wrote:
>
>Hi Donald,
>I use a B & W 160 10.  It does very well on all bands except 160 and that
>includes the warc bands.  I am using a Kenwood TS 2000 and the internal
>tuner is fine.  I hope this helps.  I found that two guy lines are required
>for each end.  73.
>
>
>Walt
>WA4QXT
>New London CT
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