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Yes indeed. First day I found that my inverted dipole out performed this vertical by a margin, even after the sun went down and I kind of regretted putting forth so much effort into it for what I got out of it. However yesterday was a different story. It outperformed my dipole and the margin...

Yup those are all nice. By the way those antenna tuners you listed for me are sold. If you run across any more deals lmk

Okay. Currently I have RG8 going through a pvc pipe I drilled and I painted on the outside it to make it tidy and match my trailer. This runs to my Maco V58 underground in pvc. And yes I know I can’t do this with the ladder line. I do not have a ground yet. I have the wire, and I’m picking up...

That’s what I meant, or what I thought I said, I probably used too many words as usual and made my question convulsive Does anyone know the right answer though?

The MFJ911H The one you recommended to me early in the thread

One more question. With this Balun on the way, I noticed that it has the wing nuts for the ladder line on the feedpoint inputs to accept the ladder line, but an SO 259 connector to the output. Wouldn’t this be counterproductive to run RG8 from the Balun to the tuner? I would thing that negates...

Thanks for all the help and advice Gary, and Captain. This is how I learn

And here’s the dipole. Above it is my Maco V58, about 60 feet up. The dipole is only about 36 or so

Here’s a picture, keep in mind this is not a finished product

Not so fast. As I moved up the band I found it to be the opposite. The vertical outperformed the dipole on some others. It looks like a mixed bag. I suppose the conditions have a heck of a lot to do with it

Unless I’m reading it wrong, it’s flat across the 15 meter band with the tuner off. With the tuner on, it tunes just fine automatically and they are still flat. I had a chance to do a little side by side testing. My inverted 40 meter V dipole is about 35 feet up at the feedpoint. I have it...

Well I lengthened it to 34” before I had a chance to read this thread, and my help retired for the day so I’m home alone. But for giggles, with the tuner off, I am getting 1.5 pretty much evenly across all 3 of those frequencies you mentioned. The tuner puts me flat as a pancake. I did add...

Hey, if any of you still got your ears on today. I built a ground mounted vertical antenna following this plan http://www.hamuniverse.com/kl7jr520metervert.html It’s 33 feet from base to tip. The issue is, it only tunes on 40 meter. Yet it’s supposed to be a 20 meter antenna. Granted I...

One of my thoughts was to “thread” Dacron rope through the ladder line and let the Dacron be the actual strength, that away I don’t have the wind pulling on the ladder line. Or is that a bad idea?

So the formula to get 80 meter comes to be 58 1/2 feet per leg. You made yours 62 1/2, you allowed yourself 4 extra feet per side as a buffer? Then I can expect the Balun to balance it and the tuner to utilize the needed length, Then the lower bands (40, 20,) the antenna tuner will shorten the...

I already ordered a 125 foot roll of it but that stuff is fascinating

Gary I’m going to build mine exactly like you linked. I just want something to work. I’m not trying to be an antenna scientist lol. I want to try and get 80, 40 and 20 if at all possible. Those are my 3 goals. I’m still waiting on all the parts so it probably won’t happen until next weekend.

Hi Captain I chose the length based off this http://www.arrl.org/random-length-multiband-dipoles But I increased tthe length based on this warning http://www.hamuniverse.com/randomwireantennalengths.html If I’m doing this all wrong I’m very open to correction. My goal is to get on as many...

10-4, I was just looking for an automated solution, that’s why I got the MFJ. They have a 15 percent restocking fee plus I’d have to eat the shipping. Looks like I’m better off just using it till it burns up. (Since it’s an MFJ, that might be in 2 days ha ha). I am just joking lol, I selected...

Gary, I just tried it but it was a no go. I do have an external tuner on the way though that is supposed to be more forgiving than this one built into my icom 7300. But I do have a different question that you may be able to answer. Next weekend I plan on making another long wire Multiband...