[Elecraft] Amp or tuner / Chicken or Egg

[tnnyswy at yahoo.com]

Jim! How does your answer relates to the " Original Poster's " Question???????!
((((73)))) Milverton / W9MMS



      From: James Bennett <w6jhb at me.com>
 To: Elecraft Reflector Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> 
 Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 4:35 PM
 Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Amp or tuner / Chicken or Egg
   
"Don't be lazy, fix your antennas. If they aren't broken, then build
resonate antennas.  They just work the best.”

Well, not everyone has the luxury of enough real estate for a bunch of resonant antennas. When one wants to be able to operate multiple HF bands, a multi-band antenna (like a doublet), with tuner, works quite well. I, for one, would love to have several towers with resonant yagis, quads, etc. But living on a standard city lot with CCR/HOA restrictions pretty much sets a limit on what sort of antenna(s) can be erected. I use an 88 foot long doublet (skinny wire, stealthily hung in the trees) fed with home brew 600 ohm ladder line. It works great and I can operate on 60 - 6 meters with it. Without a tuner, that would not be possible.

JIm / W6JHB
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