I'm not sure yet how far I wish to transmit and receive!  I thought
about putting up a dipole but I don't have anything tall enough to hang it
on.   I took a look at the Cushcraft Ma5B, but it doesn't have 40 or 75
meter capability.





----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: choosing an antenna


> Well a tuned half wave isn't ground dependant, that means a r5 r7 or r8
> type of antenna.
> I have a 200 foot inverted vee in a 112 foot lot.
> I hair pin the ends back to the house.
> The top is at 55 feet.  the ends are about 12 foot high.
> It works well on 160 through 10 meters with a tuner.
> Do you want to work in the states or chase dx?
>