[Boatanchors] 17 Meter Antenna For Halli

[Jim Wiley]

There is the Cushcraft A3WS 3-element  dual band (17 and 12 meters) that 
might fit your bill.  My very first contact with with my brand new A3WS 
was with Senegal (6W8) on 17 meters SSB.   Report:  59 Verdict:  test passed


- Jim, KL7CC



Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:
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> Hi All,
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> All of my antenna arrays are set up to operate without the need for an 
> antenna tuner. Hence, I can not easily modify one of them for 
> seventeen meters.
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> Any suggestions for a 'good' mono band seventeen meter antenna to be 
> used with the Hallicrafters SX-117 or SR-150?
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> Speaking of seventeen meters reminds me of the 'forgotten' band known 
> as 12 meters! Does anyone use it? I almost never even hear it spoken 
> of, as if it were either some creature loose from the crypt or nearly 
> extinct in the memory of Hams! What's the deal anyhow? It seems to me 
> that we Hams should use the frequencies that we have, as the vermin 
> are just waiting and licking their financial chops to devour our 
> bandwidths!
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> I wish we could stick them all of eleven meters, wrap it all in a RF 
> proof covering and forget about it!
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> Duane Fischer, W8DBF - WPE8CXO
> E-Mail: dfischer at usol.com
> Hallicrafters web site: www.w9wze.net
> HHRP web site: hhrp.w9wze.net
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