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ORAWA01 · 10th Sep 2019, 2:37 pm

Yes, the bands seems really poor these days. When will they get better again?

My garden is not too big about 20M x 20M square shape, and it has a few large trees. Several cables are passing above the lawn coming from a telegraph pole at the corner feeding a few houses nearby, and they must be the BT internet broadband lines. So it will be tricky to dodgy the cables when hanging and stretching radio antenna in the garden.

My ATU is CAPCO SPC300, so it is not Zmatch? I think Zmatch tuner is EZtune one either by Isle of Man or Wight. I saw them a lot but never had one of those.

How would inverted L compare to others?

What happens when you attach feeder in the middle of radiating element instead of feeding from the end? How does the band coverage change, or would be the same?

10th Sep 2019, 2:37 pm	#6
ORAWA01 Hexode Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Stirlingshire, UK. Posts: 407	Re: Antenna recommendation for 40 and 80M bands Yes, the bands seems really poor these days. When will they get better again? My garden is not too big about 20M x 20M square shape, and it has a few large trees. Several cables are passing above the lawn coming from a telegraph pole at the corner feeding a few houses nearby, and they must be the BT internet broadband lines. So it will be tricky to dodgy the cables when hanging and stretching radio antenna in the garden. My ATU is CAPCO SPC300, so it is not Zmatch? I think Zmatch tuner is EZtune one either by Isle of Man or Wight. I saw them a lot but never had one of those. How would inverted L compare to others? What happens when you attach feeder in the middle of radiating element instead of feeding from the end? How does the band coverage change, or would be the same? Last edited by ORAWA01; 10th Sep 2019 at 2:42 pm.