On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 10:53:14 -0800 (PST), Boris
wrote:

Well, here I agree with you but what about the transmitting?

Hi Boris,

You don't need to spend $300 on an antenna to transmit on 80M when $10
will easily do this. Are you licensed to transmit? Do you have a
call sign?

The problem here is that you came to the group with a specific,
expensive solution (or two actually) and a rather unspecific problem.
If you are looking for validation for these expensive antennas: yeah,
sure, buy them both and work in stereo.

If you don't have plans outside of 80M and listening to SW (you
haven't provided anything more specific than this, and even then I am
guessing); then a short, custom tuned 80M antenna is easily achieved
for chump change - and it will work quite fine for SW.

If you have more grandiose plans (undisclosed so far), then sweep the
table clean and start over again.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC