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I have found the same thing. I was able to dig up a few product
reviews, but no technical information. I'm working on a web page about
the Joey right now for posterity. I've got an SWR analyzer and a
portable HF rig, so I'll take it out to a greater-than-one-wavelength
field and make my measurements out there.

I did make one discovery today, though. "WL-32" is an Outbacker part
number for the "Wander Lead," the banana wire that you re-patch to
change bands. The WL-32/80 is apparently not the antenna; it's marked
next to the bottom tap, to which one end of the WL is supposed to be
attached. The other end goes in the tap marked with the desired band.

Because the lead is 32 inches long, I suspect that a WL-80 is just a
metric version of a WL-32. I am also guessing that because the antennas
are hand made and that specifications are always subject to change, the
different lengths of the antennas are insignificant.


Yes, the wander lead always goes at the bottom position, sometimes only
marked as WL (as my Outbacker does) - then you wrap the lead around the whip
to the desired "tap" for the band (e.g. 40 M) you are going to use - and
plug Wander lead plug into that tap.

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