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Old February 17th 04, 11:42 PM
'Doc
 
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Gene,
It depends on what bands you want to be able to use. For all
bands (almost), either the G5RV or the 135 foot doublet fed with
450 ohm ladder line should work okay. The tuner in the '440
will
probably not have enough range to make the 135 foot antenna work
on all bands, maybe. A more capable (wider range) tuner should
be
able to with no problems. One way around that is by the length
of
feed line you use, it can make a big difference. It's also
possible
to use coax, but with the same provision about length and there
will be some additional unknown amount of loss.
The G5RV is limited to the bands it will conveniently tune,
more
or less forget the WARC bands.
Good luck with the license...
'Doc