[Boatanchors] Hard to beat them wire antennas etc, a lengthy post

[Jim Wilhite]

Well Phil, antennas are black art.  Calculate, cut, install then make them 
work.  I am pleased you have found a solution that works for your 
installation.  Congratulations.

73  Jim
W5JO




> I WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM HAVING TO USE A TUNER IN MY 'NORMAL' OPS.
>
> So this fall/early winter the "antenna farm" went through a COMPLETE
> revamping, with all new antennas, coax cable, fittings etc.
>
> 1. First to go up in November was a new  Butternut HF-2V vertical for
> 75/40M, in the location where the Hustler once stood.  > The Hustler and 
> Alpha Delta Sloper were removed when the HF-2V was installed.
>
> 2.   Step two in the first part of December was to remove the half sized
> G5RV and install two NEW and separate Inverted Vee dipoles for 40M and 
> 20M.
> I'm not sure who said it, but I remember reading 'somewhere' that it's
> better to be on the air and having fun with the antennas that you CAN put 
> up
> than to cry and moan over the fact that you can't put that "dream" system 
> up
> and be a big gun!
>
>
> ******************************************************
> 73 de Phil,  KO6BB
> DX begins at the noise floor!  Merced, Central California