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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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to an antenna then hands down Mark- a four square!</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Mark, K5ER
[mailto:k5er@arrl.net] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, September 26,
2012 11:21 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> lcc@louisianacontestclub.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [LCC] 80 meter antenna
recommendations?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Have received several well thought out suggestions.
Thanks and keep 'em coming! <br>
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Among those expressing an opinion, for combo of DX/Domestic, it seems that the
Inverted-V is more popular than the flat top. Not too many responses, yet, but
consensus so far is: if only one antenna - go with inverted-V with apex between
50 and 150 feet. If able to do two antenna, Inverted-V at 50-75' for domestic
and vertical for DX<br>
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For DX, most are liking the vertical with absolute minimum of 8, but preferably
16 or more 25' radials, with more/longer making things better. In a
"perfect world" antenna would be 37.5 ohms. <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>QUESTIONS:</span></b> Since I accidentally ran 75 ohm
feedline, can I build some kind of 2:1 transformer for the feed point? Is it
easier / cheaper to just make the antenna slightly long and use a vacuum
variable at the feed point? I already have a Comtek bead balun kit (whole stack
of ferrites over teflon coax) to keep rf off the buried feedline. I will
eventually be running QRO, so guess whatever feed I use needs to be a little
hefty.<br>
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73,<br>
Mark, K5ER</span></font></p>
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