[Elecraft] OT: Antenna ideas for a cheap ham

[Bill Frantz]

If he has a long coax run, he should consider a remote antenna 
switch. I have one to keep the coax in the house to the YL's 
tolerance level. If he can locate it close enough to the feed 
points, he may be able to avoid multiple common mode chokes.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 9/13/14 at 4:47 PM, w3fpr at embarqmail.com (Don Wilhelm) wrote:

>Yes, he would have to have an antenna switch to switch between 
>the 3 coax feedlines, but that would give him 80 through 10 
>meter coverage.  The 36 MHz antenna could be trimmed to 6 
>meters and added as a vertical on the tower for 80 through 6 
>meter coverage with 4 feedlines.
>
>For 160 meter coverage, run radials out from the tower and run 
>it as a shunt fed vertical - yes, that probably is a 5th 
>feedline, so use a 6 position coax switch and connect the 6th 
>position to a dummy load to protect the equipment when it is 
>not in use.
>
>He would not have to put up the WARC antennas until he has his 
>General ticket.  Other than the feedlines, the cost is as low 
>as the wire used for the radiators and the baluns for each feedline.
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