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Old 5th Oct 2019, 4:52 pm   #129
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Default Re: Antenna recommendation for 40 and 80M bands

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Originally Posted by budkor22 View Post
1:1 balun arrived, and when I inserted between the wire and coax, reception got real quiet on all bands. And tuned bandwidth has increased and is wider than before.
So, looking at your post #99, am I right in saying you've now got an inverted V, cut for resonance on 80m, with a 1:1 balun feeding coax to the shack, and I'm not sure about what you finally did re an ATU?

My reason for asking is that I have men with a big chainsaw arriving on the 17th to do some major tree work (you have to book these guys months in advance in leafy Oxfordshire!) and thereby creating a new opportunity to put up an 80m inverted V. It will be Christmas come early .

(trees are not being felled just to make room for an antenna, but in part, to keep a reasonable (he's paying 50%) neighbour happy).

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