Ken Bessler wrote:

I just put up an inverted V for 30 meters.
I started out with each leg being 24'0". This
gave me a low SWR at 9.5665 mhz which
works out to 229.6 instead of the usual 234/F.

Just about right for insulated wire. Did you use
insulated wire?
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp

"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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Ken Bessler wrote:

I just put up an inverted V for 30 meters.
I started out with each leg being 24'0". This
gave me a low SWR at 9.5665 mhz which
works out to 229.6 instead of the usual 234/F.

Just about right for insulated wire. Did you use
insulated wire?
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp

Nope, I used leftovers from the two 150' rolls I
bought to make my 160m antenna. It's your
standard issue 14/7 stranded bare copper.

Ken KG0WX