Unless B&W has changed, they use traps to make the antenna multiband.  That
means the length of the antenna is a little less than a half wave dipole on
the lowest frequency.

Dave, A F 6 Y

At 05:39 PM 3/17/2004, 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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