On Jan 16, 7:49*pm, Richard Clark wrote:
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

Ok, so from the beginning.
I have: a license, radio, and at that moment just listening on a piece
of wire ....
I am thinking about those two antennas due to some small garden
(only home and a piece of garden flat - no trees),
and partly because my experience shows that sometimes it is better to
spend some money right away to something decent, than to buy some
bull****.
But that's what I wrote, it's not gospel - just ask for advice from
more experienced colleagues.
I am open to everything, and if it is cheaper than what I ask is just
better.
I must admit that I do not have much experience in this field, and I
do not know how it looks in practice, but I would like to work on all
short-wave.
If this is rubbish, please tell me which ranges should be considered

Boris