Re: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-31 Thread wa5pok
[EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- It is almost all band but my favorite is a 20 meter DEZ at a total length of 86 feet fed with 450 ohm line. I would not hesitate to go against any triband bean with th

Re: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-31 Thread John_Hudson
le are simple, and fed with 450 ladder and good tuner, will pretty much do what you are asking. - Original Message ----- From: "Peter Bent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 4:19 PM Subject: RE: [dra

[drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread Gary Poland
"Gary Poland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Karl, One of my previous QTH's in town had a very small lot. I installed a 10 ft mast on the eave of my cape house style house and installed an inver

Re: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread Karl Corder
Karl Corder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Gary, thank you very much for your comment. Actually, before my antenna came down I was using a dipole fed with 450 ohm line into an MFJ antenna tuner but

RE: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread Karl Corder
Karl Corder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Bud, thank you very much for your comment. I like the invisableness of your antenna design, something that is very important and what is a major thing to

Re: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread Steve Berg
Steve Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- I have a hillside lot here that is on the smallish side. I once tried a Hustler vertical up on a 30 foot mast on the rooftop. I used some slotted PVC p

Re: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread Karl Corder
Karl Corder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Neil, that is going to be one of my problems specially if I use a vertical as the ground here is Dolomite (rock), when we moved here I noticed on the maps

Re: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread neil
neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Another sort of intangible issue has to do with the ground conductivity in your area, especially with vertical antennas, but probably with others as well. For e

Re: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread Don Cunningham
HAK - Original Message - From: "Karl Corder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 4:19 PM Subject: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all b

Re: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread Don
]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 4:19 PM Subject: RE: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas "Peter Bent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -

RE: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread sebdesn
"sebdesn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- As others said, "inverted "L". I don't have an amp, but I have one about 45' vertical and 80' horiz. I use a SGC 230 auto tuner at the base and it tunes 16

RE: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread Peter Bent
IL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Bennett Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 6:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas "George Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an

Re: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread George Bennett
very happy. I use a T-4XC, MN2700 and L7. 73, George Bennett, K1GMB Original Message - From: "Karl Corder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 5:19 PM Subject: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments

Re: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread Gary Poland
"Gary Poland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Karl, For an all band antenna I suggest a dipole or inverted vee fed with 450 line. With a tuner and 4:1 balun you can have an antenna that will tune

Re: [drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread K9SQG
[EMAIL PROTECTED] made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- Karl, Sounds like a 160meter inverted L might be an option. BUT, you could start by visiting a website of an antenna guru, specifically, W4RNL, or buying his books av

[drakelist] Request Drake users experience, opinions and comments for an all band HF Antennas

2008-03-30 Thread Karl Corder
Karl Corder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang -- After having my current antenna removed due to a proposed house addition, I am ready to Install another antenna, but would like for it to be a "optimum an