[Elecraft] (OT) -- Regarding the QRP Discussion

[stan levandowski]

When I bought mine a few months ago, it was $99 for the antenna and one 
matchbox; each additional matchbox was $20.    73, Stan WB2LQF


On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 08:40 PM, Jim Lowman wrote:

> Does anyone know what this antenna costs?
> On the website, it says "E-mail for pricing."
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> 73 de Jim - AD6CW
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> On 2/6/2014 5:05 PM, stan levandowski wrote:
>> FYI - if any Listers here happened to work 3DA0US in the last couple 
>> of days, you might be interested to  learn that he was running a KX3 
>> at between 5 and 10 watts depending upon his DC input level.  His 
>> antenna was a PAR Omni Angle on a 22 foot fiberglass pole.  He made 
>> 400 contacts in two days of operating and he was only on a few hours 
>> each day.  In a couple of weeks he'll be operating as 7P8US with the 
>> same rig and antenna.
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>> The PAR Omni Angle is only a 7 foot aluminum rectangle with a 
>> matching network and it only weighs a couple of pounds.  Most hams 
>> would probably dub the Par Omni Angle a "suboptimal" or "compromise" 
>> antenna.
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>> A well versed operator, knowledge of propagation, patience, 
>> preparation, perseverance and top shelf equipment goes a long way to 
>> offset the handicap of a "compromise" antenna.
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>> 73, Stan WB2LQF
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