There is a reason for the 43 foot vertical - alternately the 44 foot each side of center antenna advocated by Cebik (SK). It is not resonant on any amateur band and the impedance range can be handled by most tuners.
So if you are putting up a vertical, I would recommend a 43 or 44 foot antenna with a 43 or 44 foot radial (or several radials). If a dipole, use 44 feet on each side of the antenna feedpoint. If you do not need 80 meter coverage, go for the 22 feet on each side of the dipole. 73, Don W3FPR On 11/9/2012 6:59 PM, Bob Stephens wrote: > I've had pretty good luck using 2 40 foot wires. Either fed with a 1:1 balun > and coax or with a BNC to banana jacks. Sometimes I put both wire ends up > high like a V and sometimes I put one wire end up high the other on the > ground or just above the ground. Tuner seems to be able to tune all the way > from 80M - 10M. Sometimes if it doesn't want to tune, I shorten the ground > side until it does by coiling the free end of the ground wire. I've used > shorter wires when I only want to work 40M and below with good luck also. > Just get some wire and mess with it until you find something you like. > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
