I have 350' of coax going to a remote antenna switch which allows me to select from 5 vertical wires, I just posted about my radial system/plate they are part of. Amazing to me is between these 5 wires I can cover 160M-6M and I use no antenna tuner except the internal one in the K3. I have a tribander roof mounted but don't like using it because it picks up so much hash from neighboring sources. The wires 350 feet away are always quieter on the same band.
I am losing a lot of Rx/Tx signal on the higher bands with this long coax. I have not been able to find anyone to sell me used/surplus hardline that's affordable at this 350' distance so am wondering if I could supply these antennas with open feeder line and do so in a practical manner to switch bands quickly in a contest. If the answer is to use just one wire and tune that, the 160M is 129' long and is mostly a sloper with the last 40 feet resting on the top branches of trees. What I'm doing now tunes nicely Ie: 17M tunes great with the 80M antenna, as does 12M but the 160M is sometimes better so I select the better one at the time. Thanks, Gary KA1J --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband