Thread: DE W3TDH I need a portable HF antenna set up.
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Old January 28th 08, 05:58 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore[_2_] Cecil Moore[_2_] is offline
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Default DE W3TDH I need a portable HF antenna set up.
John Ferrell wrote:
I know my solution will annoy the purists, but I offer it anyway...
I would recommend using the SGC-237 tuner (not cheap)! If it cannot
load what ever antenna you can get up or improvise it probably cannot
be done. With this device, a ground and 28 feet of vertical wire you
can work to 160 meters. Of course the better the ground, the better
the performance. A quarter wave on frequency might work better, but
whatever you have will work.

I have used a 22 foot vertical with 22 foot radials
fed by an SG-230 for effective 40m-10m operation.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com
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