[K3PZN-List] Antenna for sale

[Curt Milton]

Kyle
use your search engine you will find it is around 20-some feet tall.  I myself sometimes use a similar antenna.  

a few tips --
1. an antenna like this needs to be mounted on the ground, and a dozen or two dozen wires called radials need to be planted on the ground (they will vanish under the grass if stapled to the ground)2. hard to say how 'parent friendly' it would be 
3. also vital to keep people and animals from touching it while you are transmitting
thinking you may escape someday for college, military service ect. hard to say if its an ideal choice.  you might find a pair of dipoles connected to one piece of coax would work just as well (or better in some cases) -- and be off the ground to keep whomever else not bothered by.  

do keep in mind a challenge in feeding antennas with coax is that they need a good match on every band.  a commercial antenna like this solves this for several bands.  on the other hand, when you get a rig and a general class license -- lot's of fun could be had just with 20 and 40 meter dipoles - for only the cost of wire.  

73 Curt
 

    On Sunday, February 28, 2016 3:53 PM, Kyle Thornton <kyle.3599 at outlook.com> wrote:
 

 Planning on getting into hf after upgrading my license this year. May be interested how tall is it? 

73 
KC3FMP 

> On Feb 28, 2016, at 3:20 PM, Wilbur Long <wlong26 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I have a 5-year-old Butternut Hf6V vertical antenna.  Excellent condition.
> 
> DX Engineering has it for $523.
> 
> I have this one for sale — $150 or best offer over that.
> 
> Any takers?
> 
> 73 DE NY3M  Bill
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