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On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 22:42:53 -0500, jawod wrote:

What would you recommend for a wire antenna if there was enough room for
an 80 dipole? Assume use for 80M , 40M and 20M,

Thanks
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I use the W9INN trap dipole and I love it. The "traps" are not the
conventional coil/capacitor kind. Rather, they are a self-resonant
inductor with no separate capacitor, and they are rated at full legal
power as a result.

I run the antenna at 1500 watts on RTTY, probably the toughest working
conditions possible. It's been up five years through more than 40,000
contest QSOs and not a minute's problem.

W9INN is now an SK and I don't know if they are still in production,
but they are simple enough to homebrew if you have a grid dip meter.
The ARRL antenna book has more info on building this type of antenna.

73, Bill W6WRT