If he has a long coax run, he should consider a remote antenna
switch. I have one to keep the coax in the house to the YL's
tolerance level. If he can locate it close enough to the feed
points, he may be able to avoid multiple common mode chokes.
73 Bill AE6JV
On 9/13/14 at 4:47 PM, [email protected] (Don Wilhelm) wrote:
Yes, he would have to have an antenna switch to switch between
the 3 coax feedlines, but that would give him 80 through 10
meter coverage. The 36 MHz antenna could be trimmed to 6
meters and added as a vertical on the tower for 80 through 6
meter coverage with 4 feedlines.
For 160 meter coverage, run radials out from the tower and run
it as a shunt fed vertical - yes, that probably is a 5th
feedline, so use a 6 position coax switch and connect the 6th
position to a dummy load to protect the equipment when it is
not in use.
He would not have to put up the WARC antennas until he has his
General ticket. Other than the feedlines, the cost is as low
as the wire used for the radiators and the baluns for each feedline.
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