"Michael" wrote in message
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Hiya...
Newly minted “non technical” ham here :-)

Been a SW DX’er for many years and decided to get my ham ticket
recently.

Now that I've decided on what to get for my first ham radio, (TS-590s)
I'm moving on to deciding on an antenna. The goal will be DX'ing the
ham bands with phone and eventually CW. I'm looking for an antenna set
up that will work on 10 to 80 meters. Of course, multiple specific
antennas would be an ideal, but that is not in the cards. I've had a
few options in mind. All of course, would be coupled with an antenna
tuner if the internal auto tuner on the radio cold not do the job.

Any comments, advice or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanx in advance.

Michael


Dear Michael: Let us know your call-sign when it arrives.
I too recommend a wire dipole with equal lengths of wire each side of a
ladder-line feed. Avoid the use of so called 4:1 whatever. Consider
finding a 275 Watt Matchbox (a larger item also exists). It is ideal for
efficiently coupling energy from a coax transmitter to ladder-line fed
dipole.

Work on mastering CW as that may be the most effective way to make DX
contacts with low power and a low antenna.

Enjoy. 73, Mac N8TT

J. C. Mc Laughlin
Michigan U.S.A.
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