Joe, I live in an apartment and I use an MP-1 clamped to my patio
railing..............I get out from middle Tennessee. I even have the
occasional contact on the west coast on 40M phone. I try to keep the power
down to about 60 watts or so...........don't want the "Worked all Stereos"
award. There is hope. I may consider the ATAS-120 to work with my
FT-897..................Don't give up.

John

"Joe S." wrote in message
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So -- what's the point? As I sit here and read the debates about this
wire,
that vertical, some other yagi, yes/no on the Carolina Windom, advice on
an
antenna for a 10-acre plot -- I can't help but think: If you have an
antenna, thank the gods because any antenna radiates better than no
antenna.