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It is supposed to work on 2-40 meters, and is located on page 83 of
HRO's (hamradio.com) online PDF catalog. Buther Boy -- Remove the word Spam from my e-mail to contact me... http://www.PrivacySig.com/SIGbutherb...mail-black.png ~ |
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On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 21:09:27 -0500, Buther Boy wrote:
It is supposed to work on 2-40 meters, and is located on page 83 of HRO's (hamradio.com) online PDF catalog. Buther Boy 25 years ago, I had one in a 3rd story apartment. I mounted the whip in a window, about 20 feet up. It worked reasonably well. I was able to tune it up on all bands, including 40 meters. The key is to adjust the length of the counterpoise wire for each frequency you tune up -- I had the wire on a metal spool, and rolled or unrolled the wire till I had low SWR. That wire is hot with RF, so I had a hot wire running across the apartment rug, and you have to watch that. Since you're in a townhouse, you'll be able to ground your station, which I was not able to do in the apartment, so you'll be ahead on that count. For limited space, it's a pretty neat setup, and you can make contacts with it; not as well as with a dipole outdoors, but it works. bob k5qwg |
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