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NV4K on 20 mtr.
- Thread starter rumblefish
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I'm sure I'll get flamed by every ham on the forum if go this route. hahaha. Still it might work. thx for the idea tho.
Take a look at the Hustler 4 5, or 6 BTV series verticals. These can be ground mounted with or without radials and under $200.
Good guess, I am a bass player and also a classically trained pianist who likes to talk on radios!
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The only place I could ground mount the btv would be in the dog pen. Not a good idea. If they didn't receive rf burns I'm sure they would chew it to pieces.
Semi pro bass player for about 20 years. semi pro because I get paid half the time and the other half sometimes.
I'm looking at the mfj 1796. 40-6mtr 12 ft. long. I'm thinking if I position the loading assembly away from the house it might work. It's a bit more expensive than my budget, but it might be my best bet. I'm a noobie to all the amateur stuff so I really appreciate all the input. 73
Only if you keep trying to use a cb ant.Well nobody has told me I'm screwed just yet.
. Think man ! there is plenty of options.
You could use the imax as a mast for a inverted v surely you have someplace to tie off the ends to ,Roof gutter ,fence ,dog pen etc,.
Or how about a 1/4 wave ground plane. using wire ground planes.
Or a !/2 wave vertical dipole (sleeve dipole style) T2LT about 32ft long
Or a 5/8 Gain master style. ( thats 43 ft long though.)
Even if you scaled the imax up and added another 22ft of wire to the end and tied it off to whatever you can find in your yard , horizontal or sloping down, whatever, it would work better then what you have.
Honestly it's not about your budget. It's about your knowledge and ingenuity .
Only if you keep trying to use a cb ant.
Think man ! there is plenty of options.
You could use the imax as a mast for a inverted v surely you have someplace to tie off the ends to ,Roof gutter ,fence ,dog pen etc,.
Or how about a 1/4 wave ground plane. using wire ground planes.
Or a !/2 wave vertical dipole (sleeve dipole style) T2LT about 32ft long
Or a 5/8 Gain master style. ( thats 43 ft long though.)
Even if you scaled the imax up and added another 22ft of wire to the end and tied it off to whatever you can find in your yard , horizontal or sloping down, whatever, it would work better then what you have.
Honestly it's not about your budget. It's about your knowledge and ingenuity .
An inverted v off the imax? Wouldn't the coax couple into the imax? As much as the imax dances around in wind I think it would destroy the inverted v. That self supporting 43 ft. antenna would look like a pretzel after a good nor'easter.
BJ radionut
Supporting Member and 6m addict
Yeah, but what am i going to use as a groundplane? according to w9cll the only groundplane kit i can use won't work
That is not what I said, what i did say is a GP kit on the antenna you first mentioned will not allow it to work on 20 meters better
I'm sorry w9cll. I'm not sure which antenna you are referring to. If you read my post you'll see I was talking about the hustler 4btv.
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